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Plato in the Republic discusses a "healthy state" of simplicity as "a city for pigs" (Greek: huōn polis). [18] In Wu Cheng'en's 16th-century Chinese novel Journey to the West, Zhu Bajie is part human, part pig. [19] In books, poems and cartoons in 18th-century England, The Learned Pig was a trained animal who appeared to be able to answer ...
Pages in category "Pigs in literature" The following 59 pages are in this category, out of 59 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. * List of fictional ...
The "learned pig" caused a sensation in London during the 1780s. It became a common object of satire, illustrated caricature and a subject in popular literature. The original "learned pig" was followed by other trained pigs, which subsequently became a feature of fairs and other public attractions in Europe and America during the 19th century ...
Pages in category "Metaphors referring to pigs" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. E.
Pigs in culture is the main article for this category, which includes both the celebration of the actual use of pigs and pork products, and the appearance of pigs in literature, art, religion, folklore and idiom.
This list of fictional rodents in literature is subsidiary to the list of fictional animals and covers all rodents appearing in printed works of literature including beavers, chipmunks, gophers, guinea pigs, hamsters, marmots, prairie dogs, and porcupines plus the extinct prehistoric species (such as Rugosodon).
Puppet pigs who spoke in speeded up voices, created by Czech immigrants Jan and Vlasta Dalibor (BBC television, from 1968). Pinky and Perky The Good Life (1975 TV series) Two pigs who belong to Tom and Barbera Good. Professor Strangepork: The Muppet Show: Purk Sesamstraat: A baby puppet from the Dutch version of Sesame Street. Scruffy the pig ...
Napoleon is a fictional character and the main antagonist of George Orwell's 1945 novella Animal Farm. [2] While he is at first a common farm pig, he exiles Snowball, another pig, who is his rival for power, and then takes advantage of the animals' uprising against their masters to eventually become the tyrannical "President" of Animal Farm, which he turns into a dictatorship, eventually ...