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== In culture ==

From early in civilisation, cattle have been used in barter.<ref name="Davies2002">{{cite book |author1=Glyn Davies |author2=Julian Hodge Bank |title=A history of money: from ancient times to the present day |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yx68AAAAIAAJ |year=2002 |publisher=University of Wales Press |isbn=978-0-7083-1717-4 |pages=42–44}}</ref><ref name="de Soto">{{cite book |last=Huerta de Soto |first=Jesús |title=Money, Bank Credit, and Economic Cycles |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_AJLGKdOZneMC |year=2006 |publisher=Ludwig von Mises Institute |isbn=978-1-61016-388-0 |page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_AJLGKdOZneMC/page/n105 51]}}</ref> Cattle play a part [[Cattle in religion|in several religions]]. Veneration of the cow is a symbol of Hindu community identity.<ref name="Jha 2002">{{cite book |last=Jha |first=D. N. |title=The myth of the holy cow |date=2002 |publisher=Verso |isbn=978-1-85984-676-6 |location=London |pages=20, 130}}</ref> Slaughter of cows is forbidden by law in several states of the Indian Union.<ref>{{cite news |title=India Supreme Court suspends cattle slaughter ban |publisher=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-40565457 |access-date=7 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170714075428/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-40565457 |archive-date=14 July 2017 |date=11 July 2017 |quote=Cows are considered holy by India's majority Hindu population and slaughtering them is already banned in most but not all states,}}</ref>

The [[Ox (Zodiac)|ox]] is one of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the [[Chinese zodiac]]. The astrological sign [[Taurus (astrology)|Taurus]] is represented as a bull in the [[Western zodiac]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Taurus |url=https://iconographic.warburg.sas.ac.uk/category/vpc-taxonomy-017060 |publisher=[[The Warburg Institute]] |access-date=12 February 2024}}</ref>

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File:Nuremberg chronicles f 108r 1.png|[[St Luke]] the evangelist depicted with a bull in the 1493 ''[[Nuremberg Chronicle]]''
File:UK Durham Dun-Cow.jpg |A legend claims that monks carrying the body of [[Saint Cuthbert]] were led by a milk maid who had lost her [[dun cow]]. They built [[Durham Cathedral]] where it was found.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cuthbert's Move to Durham: Two Stories |url=https://www.durhamworldheritagesite.com/learn/history/st-cuthbert/body/durham |publisher=Durham Castle and Cathedral |access-date=12 February 2024}}</ref>
File:Aelbert Cuyp - Young Herdsman with Cows - WGA5829.jpg|[[Dutch Golden Age painting]]: ''Young Herdsman with Cows'' by [[Aelbert Cuyp]], 1655–60
File:Norske Folkelivsbilleder 08 - En Aften ved Sæteren (Knud Bergslien).jpg|''An Evening at the Hut of the Cow-Herdesses'', [[Knud Bergslien]], before 1858
File:Turin coat of arms.svg|Bull in the [[coat of arms]] of [[Turin]], Italy
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