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It might become their Hollywood sign. But no more.
All I know is if you milk a bull you got a friend for Life
There are, already this date, hundreds of such silhouettes across Spain.
None admittedly 300 meters. But many hundreds.
Go for it. /no public money, no government prophets.
r/AskHistorians
6 yr. ago
UncleBazzyBen
Is there a link between modern bull fighting in Spain and the Cult of Mithras?
I have read in a few places, mainly William H. Desmonde’s The Bull-Fight as a Religious Ritual, that there may be a link between the iconography of the cult of Mithras and modern bull-fighting in Spain. Does anyone have any evidence or knowledge of this link? It would be really interesting to establish a link between an ancient non-Christian religion and a modern sport in a country as historically diverse as Spain.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tauroctony
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullfighting#History
https://bullbalcony.com/blogs/news/history-of-bullfighting
[snip] The exact origins of bullfighting are debated, but one thing is certain: Spain’s fascination with bulls is not a recent phenomenon. In fact, bulls have played an important role in the culture of the Iberian peninsula since before recorded history, with Paleolithic rock art from over 30,000 years ago depicting aurochs, the wild ancestors of modern bulls. [/snip]
and here, a one line comment regarding the Minoans’ bull-leaping as portrayed in a fresco at Knossos, restored of course by Arthur Evans.
https://www.romanarmytalk.com/rat/showthread.php?tid=13342
Minoan bull-leaping:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bull-leaping
Put it up in Times Square. It will match the big fat cow that went up recently.
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