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If you look for it, mythology is everywhere. It permeates society today, and, deep down, it seems people have an inherent interest in it. The head-without-a-body, which I wrote about yesterday, is a powerful symbol, and I was fascinated by how recreation of such a head, supposedly talking, was drawing in crowds.

So when I found this story today, it made me smile. It’s about a cow; but not just any cow. They’re calling it a “super-cow”.

It has a strong and very compelling connection to mythology. These Heck cows are an attempt to recreate Aurochs, a previously extinct type of ox, which was both huge and hugely terrifying. It is an animal that has been worshipped as a sacred animal – the Lunar Bull, and is associated with the Great Godess. So it really is a “super cow.”

So we now have these mighty beasts walking Britain for the first time in 4,000 years, which is quite a cool thought.

And to finish for now, because it’s nice to end on something funny (and true), I thought I’d mention this, by Mitch Benn. it seems that I have been quite slow in finding this — but it’s very true, and very funny.