Sacred cow

Sacred cow may refer to:

• Sacred cow (idiom), something considered (perhaps unreasonably) immune from question or criticism
• Holy cow (expression), a variant idiom
• Cattle in religion, object of reverence, including:
  • Sacred bull, including ancient religions
  • Bull of Heaven in Sumerian mythology
  • Auðumbla & Gavaevodata, the primeval cows of Norse & Zoroastrian mythology
  • Tauroctony, the ritual bull-slaying of Mithraism
  • Red heifer, a sacred sacrifice in Judaism
  • Apis, the Egyptian sacred bull

Titles

• "Sacred Cow", the nickname of the first U.S. presidential aircraft, Air Force One
• Sacred Cows, album featuring the rock band The Swirling Eddies
• Sacred Cow (album), Geggy Tah album released in 1996
• Sacred Cow (Bob's Burgers), an episode of the animated TV series Bob's Burgers
• New Sacred Cow, Kenna debut album released in 2003
• Sacred Cow Productions, owned by Kevin Booth
• Milking the Sacred Cow, a Dead Kennedys album released in 2007
• Science, Sex, and Sacred Cows, anthology from Worm Runner's Digest

See also

• Holy cow (disambiguation)
• The Sacred Chao, a fundamental element of Discordianism