Bull of Heaven
In ancient Mesopotamian mythology, the Bull of Heaven is a mythical beast fought by the hero Gilgamesh.
The story of the Bull of Heaven has two different versions: one recorded in an earlier Sumerian poem and a later version in the standard Akkadian" Epic of Gilgamesh".
In the Sumerian poem, the Bull is sent to attack Gilgamesh by the goddess Inanna for reasons that are unclear.
The more complete Akkadian account comes from Tablet VI of the" Epic of Gilgamesh", in which Gilgamesh rejects the sexual advances of the goddess Ishtar, the East Semitic equivalent of Inanna, leading the enraged Ishtar to demand her father Anu for the Bull of Heaven, so that she may send it to attack Gilgamesh in Uruk.
Anu gives her the Bull and she sends it to attack Gilgamesh and his companion, the hero Enkidu, who slay the Bull together.
After defeating the Bull, Enkidu hurls the Bull's right thigh at Ishtar, taunting her.
The slaying of the Bull results in the gods condemning Enkidu to death, an event which catalyzes Gilgamesh's fear for his own death, which drives the remaining portion of the epic.
The Bull was identified with the constellation Taurus and the myth of its slaying may have held astronomical significance to the ancient Mesopotamians.
Aspects of the story have been compared to later tales from the ancient Near East, including legends from Ugarit, the tale of Joseph in the Book of Genesis, and parts of the ancient Greek epics, the" Iliad" and the" Odyssey".
El Toro
El Toro, Spanish for" the bull", may refer to:
Bull Inn, Sonning
The Bull Inn, also known as The Bull at Sonning or just The Bull, is an historic public house — now also a restaurant and hotel — in the centre of the village of Sonning in Berkshire, England.
The Bull's Head, Barnes
The Bull's Head, also known as" The Bull", is a pub in Barnes situated within the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England.
It hosts live music in an attached music room which has a capacity for 80 people.
Overlooking the river Thames in the south west London suburb of Barnes, it was one of the first and most important jazz venues in Britain.
The Bull's original music room was opened at the same time as Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club and became known as the" suburban Ronnie Scott's".
In 2009, The Bull's Head was named by the Brecon Jazz Festival as one of twelve venues which had made the most important contributions to jazz music in the United Kingdom.
The Bull
The Bull may refer to:
Saba (film)
Saba is a 1929 Soviet silent drama film directed by Mikheil Chiaureli.
It was made in the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.
Forcado
A forcado is a member of a group of men that performs the" pega de cara" or" pega de carasface catch"), the final event in a typical Portuguese bullfight.
Forcados may also be present in Mexican bullfights.
Forcados were initially professionals from lower classes but nowadays people from all social backgrounds practice their art through amateur groups.
In past times the bullring had a staircase to the royal cabin and forcados were employed to ensure that the bull did not enter the stairs.
To assist them they used a pole( approx long) with a half- moon of steel at the top.
This pole is called a" forcado" and it is from there the name comes.
Nowadays, they only use a more symbolic, less functional version of it in the" cortesiascourtesies", the opening ceremony) or historical demonstrations.
The" pega" involves eight forcados who challenge the bull with their bare hands.
They form a line facing the bull and the" forcado da cara"( front man) eggs the bull on by" playing" with it and taking steps forward if necessary to get it to charge.
Once the bull runs forward the first forcado times his hold of the bull's head.
Once on the bull's head and holding onto it, usually around its neck, six forcados jump upon the bull piling upon themselves and grabbing the bull while one forcado grabs the bull by its tail.
The objective is to subdue the bull, to stop it.
The forcado who grabbed the bull by the tail(" rabejador") is the last one to release the bull after it is subdued.
Bull's horns are covered with a protection of leather to prevent it from injuring forcados.
Although in popular street bullfights some bulls are released without any protection at all-" em pontas".
Forcados appear in traditional clothing for this event, including a green, long, knit hat.
The" campinos", who also traditionally wear the knit hats, are also present at the arena to herd the bull back to its pen at the end of the" corrida".
The forcados do n't wear the hat on their heads, they carry it on their shoulders in the" cortesias".
During the" pega", only the" forcado da cara" wears it.
Forcados are often seriously injured – in 2008 at least one forcado was in a coma for three days – or even killed.
The oldest forcado group is Grupo de Forcados Amadores de Santarém.
It has been practicing this art uninterruptedly since 1915.
Sonja and the Bull
Sonja and the Bull is a 2012 Croatian comedy film directed by Vlatka Vorkapić.
The Bull-Dogger
The Bull- Dogger is a 1922 American five- reel silent western film starring Bill Pickett, an African American who is credited with inventing bulldogging or steer wrestling.
It was filmed on location in Boley, Oklahoma.
The film is presumed to be lost with only fragments known to have survived.
The Bull Hotel
The Bull Hotel may refer to:

Question: Are both Saba (Film) and The Bull-Dogger from the same country?
Answer: no