Cow Yokai

**Cow Yokai**, also known as **Holstaur Yokai**, are a variation of the Bovine Yokai and the Minotaur Yokai that has the attributes of the cow.

## Physical Appearance

Cow Yokai are the anthropomorphic bovines. The most common colors of cowhide are white with black spots which is called the Holstein. Though Cow Yokai can have different colors like white and brown, white and pink, brown and black, brown and pink, and so forth. But they maintain having spots all over their bodies. Only the female cows possess udders which is below their stomachs in which they are able to produce milk.
Holstaur Yokai are a variation to the Cow Yokai. They have a humanoid appearance but have traits of the cow. They have small horns on top of their heads, big cow ears, a cow tail, and hooves for feet. The legs are covered in cowhide which can have two colors. One will be the main cowhide while the second color are the spots. Holstaur Yokai also have large breasts that works similar to cow udders as it can produce milk.

## Description

Cow Yokai and Holstaur Yokai are exclusively female. They usually live in the countryside of the Hidden World. Living in farms that specializes in producing milk from them. Holstaur Yokai are a subspecies of Minotaur that produce ample quantities of a special milk: a delicious beverage that is used for both cooking and refreshment. They are generally content with living a submissive and laid-back life, but they have retained the minotaurs' peculiar reaction to the color red. Cow Yokai would do any work that involves children. That includes babysitting and being teachers for elementary schools. Some would work in bakeries in which they use their milk as the main ingredient in most of their desserts. Meanwhile, Holstaur Yokai have a gentle personality and almost never attack anyone. But they will attack them if someone were to mock them in any way.

## Abilities

Here are the abilities that Cow/Holstaur Yokai can have in their arsenal:

* Archetype:Lightning Bruiser: Enhanced Level
* Charge!
* Dermal Armor
* Enhanced Agility
* Enhanced Durability
* Enhanced Endurance
* Enhanced Senses
* Enhanced Strength
* Hoof Protrusion
* Horn Protrusion
* Milk Generation (female only)

### Variations

#### Mythical Bovines

* **Behemoth Physiology**
* **Catoblepas Physiology**
* **Khalkotauroi** Physiology: Fire Breath, Metal Mimicry
* **Kujata Physiology**
* **Lamassu Physiology**: Guardianship,  Wings Manifestation
* **Minotaur Physiology**
* **Ophiotaurus Physiology**
* **Ushi-Oni Physiology**
* **Water Bull Physiology (tarbh uisge)**: Aquatic Adaptation, Human Disguise

### Associations

* Animal Imitation
* Animal Morphing
* Mammal Manipulation
* Mammal Transmutation
* Mammalian Physiology
	+ Ungulate Physiology

## Pop Culture

Cows are usually female in cartoons and movies. Clarabelle Cow is a well-known character from the Disney Franchise. Milktank from Pokemon is based on the cow. The Tractors from Cars acted as cows including making the "MOO" sound which are what cows are known to say. Other characters include Cow from Cow & Chicken, Arizona from Them's Fighting Herds, Otis from Barnyard (despite him being a male and not female), and Mabel Moozipan from Viva Pinata.

## Variations

### Bovine Yokai

Cattle, or cows and bulls, are the most common type of large domesticated ungulates. They are a prominent modern member of the subfamily Bovinae, are the most widespread species of the genus Bos, and are most commonly classified collectively as Bos taurus.

### Minotaur Yokai

Milk Producing Type Minotaurs are the kind that produces a rich milk which is considered both nutritious and delicious. They usually have the coloration of normal farm cows and appear to have two shades of hair color, one light and one dark. Much like their bovine counterparts, female "milk producing" Minotaurs produce large quantities of breast milk. If they are not regularly milked, their breasts become swollen to the point of it being uncomfortable. In this regard, is also noted that industrial milking does not please this subspecies since it does not remove all the milk that they produce in their breasts. On the other hand milking massage tends to make them expel even more milk, however, this will make them enter into an orgasmic state and will create an affective bond with the milkers.

## Life in the Hidden World

Milk from the Cow and Holstaur Yokai are described as being delicious. It's used for cooking and drinking as well as being in high demand in the Hidden Market. There are farms around the Hidden World that dedicates producing milk from these yokai. Holstaurs are generally very gentle and are more associated with cows, while Minotaurs are more associated with bulls. They're not deep thinkers, and they're spaced-out much of the time. However, just like the Minotaur, they will become aroused if they continue to see red. Once aroused they will turn violent, as though they are remembering their true nature as a monster, and they will attack human men just like the parent species "Minotaur". In the same way as a Minotaur, even in this enraged state, the monster's instinctive desires becomes more intense.

## Symbolism

People from many cultures around the world easily connect the cow to the idea of Mother Earth. This means that the cow is seen as the symbol of power, nurturing, and fertility since the dawn of time. For centuries, cows have given life force to humankind through milk and meat.