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The sow was ready to give birth, but this boded ill for the Isle of Britain, according to prophecy, so she was chased until she plunged into the sea at Penrhyn Awstin in Cornwall. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The sow eventually re-emerges on land at Aber Tarogi in Gwent Is-coed (a subdivision of Gwent ).
Sow, the traditional name for a female, again comes from Old English and Germanic; it stems from Proto-Indo-European, and is related to the Latin sus and Ancient Greek hus, and more closely to the New High German Sau. The young may be called piglets or boarlets. [16] The animals' specific name scrofa is Latin for 'sow'. [17]
A Judensau (German for "Jews' sow") [1] [2] [3] is a folk art [4] image of Jews in obscene contact with a large sow (female pig), which in Judaism is an unclean animal.These first appeared in the 13th century in Germany [1] and some other European countries, and remained popular for over 600 years.
The pig (Sus domesticus), also called swine (pl.: swine) or hog, is an omnivorous, domesticated, even-toed, hoofed mammal. It is named the domestic pig when distinguishing it from other members of the genus Sus. It is considered a subspecies of Sus scrofa (the wild boar or Eurasian boar) by some authorities, but as a distinct species by others.
The Crommyonian Sow (Ancient Greek: Ὕς Κρομμύων Hus Krommúōn) is a pig in Greek mythology. It was owned by a woman named Phaea ( Φαιά Phaiā́ , "grey") and was sometimes called by that name itself.
Originally, the Duroc was a very large pig, but not as large as was the Jersey Red. Today, it is a medium-sized breed with a moderately long body and a slightly dished face. The ears are drooping and not held erect. The color is often an orangish-brown, but ranges from a light-golden shade to a deep mahogany-red. [1]
The Iberian pig, also known in Portugal as the Alentejo Pig, is a traditional breed of the domestic pig (Sus scrofa domesticus) that is native to the Iberian Peninsula. The Iberian pig, whose origins can probably be traced back to the Neolithic , when animal domestication started, is currently found in herds clustered in Spain and the central ...
Breed Origin Height Weight Color Image Aksai Black Pied: Kazakhstan: 167–182 cm: 240–320 kg (530–710 lb) Black and White--- American Yorkshire: United States