Mythological bulls

sacred bull in Egyptian mythology

Ideological creature in Hinduism and Indic religions, usually depicted as a Bull

bull in Greek mythology

figure in ancient Mesopotamian mythology

Mnevis (, ) is the Hellenized name of an ancient Egyptian bull god which had its centre of worship at Heliopolis, and was known to the ancient Egyptians as Mer-wer or Nem-wer.

In Egyptian mythology, Buchis (, ) (also spelt Bakh and Bakha) was the deification of the kꜣ ("power, life-force", Egyptological pronunciation ka) of the war god Montu as a sacred bull that was worshipped in the region of Hermonthis. In order to being chosen as the Buchis incarnation of Montu, a bull was required to have a white body and black face. When these bulls – and in later times also their mothers – died, they were mummified, and placed in a special cemetery known as the Bucheum.

mythical creature

thumb|CIMRM 641: Tauroctony scene on side A of a two-sided Roman bas-relief. 2nd or 3rd century, found at Fiano Romano, near [[Rome, now on display in the Louvre. In the upper corners are Helios with the raven, and Luna.]]

thumb|right|350px|Jason taming the Khalkotauri in a painting by Jean François de Troy Khalkotauroi (, from ), also known as the Colchis Bulls, are mythical creatures that appear in the Greek myth of Jason and the Golden Fleece.

thumb|The cosmic bull Kuyūthāʾ bears the [[Flat Earth, which is rimmed by Mount Qaf and stands on Bahamut. Ottoman Turkish version of The Wonders of Creation by Zakariya al-Qazwini, c.1553.]] Kuyūthāʾ (), more rarely Kiyūbān () or Kibūthān (), is the cosmic bull in medieval Muslim cosmography. It is said to carry on its back the angel who shoulders the world, and the rock platform upon which this angel stands. The Kuyūthāʾ is said to stand on the back of Bahamut, a giant fish or whale.

magical bull from Irish mythology