Wild boar

The wild boar (Sus scrofa) is a species and the ancestor of the domestic pig. Wild boars have thick fur and males have very big tusks with which they can cause major damage. The flanks of a wild boar feature a really hard bone plate which can even block a spear or arrow. While descendants of domesticated boars became the common pig, some of these pigs became feral again in certain regions.
==History==
Wild boars have had populations in most of Europe, Asia and North Africa for a very long time. During the Isu Era, a variation of boars known as iron boars roamed Svartálfaheimr. These boars often attacked and were killed by the Aesir Odin during his travels. One notable iron boar was Gullinbursti, created by the dwarves Sindri and Brokkr at the Gullinbursti Smida for Odin.Assassin's Creed: Valhalla — Dawn of Ragnarök – Floating conversations: "Mythical Memories: Gullinbursti Smida" At some point Odin had lost his boar, though he eventually found it and reclaimed it from a jötnar.Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Dawn of Ragnarök - A Beast's Burden Later, during Odin's efforts to deter Sinmara's war efforts, the Isu traveled to Jöfurrsmida, where the iron boars were being produced, and freed several caged boars.Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Warpath
In Ancient Greece wild boars roamed the wilds freely, and they were considered predators like wolves and bears. The tusks of the boars were valued at 45 drachmae, and their hoofs at 4 drachmae.Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
In Greek mythology, two boars were of special note: there was the Kalydonian Boar which was said to have been sent to ravage the lands by the goddess Artemis as punishment,Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Phokis: Kalydonian Boar and the Erymanthian Boar which the legendary hero Herakles was tasked to capture.
During the Peloponnesian War, Daphnae, the acting leader of the Daughters of Artemis, tasked the Spartan misthios Kassandra to hunt down the incarnations of various legendary beasts, including the Kalydonian and Erymanthian boars.Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – The Goddesses' Hunt Kassandra did as asked, finding the former within the Sacred Lands of Apollo in Phokis,Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – The Daughters of Artemis and the latter terrorizing the Erymanthos Foothills in Elis.Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – The Erymanthian Boar
Around the time of said conflict, the Persian Natakas came to Greece, as did his taste for boar meat, which he memorised by carving a rough likeness of the animal on his Natakas' Hunting Bow.Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Natakas' Hunting Bow
During the Viking age, the shieldmaiden Eivor Varinsdottir encountered and killed many boars throughout her journey, including two legendary ones, The Blood Swine and Black Stout, in Eurviscire and Connacht respectively.Assassin's Creed: Valhalla
==Gallery==
ACOd-boar.jpg|A common wild boar in 5th century Greece
ACOD Kalydonian Boar.jpg|The Kalydonian Boar
ACOd-ErymanthianBoar.jpg|The Erymanthian Boar
ACV The Blood Swine.jpg|The Blood Swine
ACV Black Stout.jpg|The Black Stout
==Appearances==
*Assassin's Creed: Odyssey 
*Assassin's Creed: Valhalla
**The Siege of Paris
**Dawn of Ragnarök
==References==
Category:Animals
Category:Greek mythology
Category:Norse mythology