In India since ancient times the cow is considered sacred animals, the embodiment of the Great Mother Odie and the earth, and sometimes even the entire universe. Vedas associate them with the dawn and the sun, calling his mother, driving the triple nature of the world. Cow protected world law and Vishnu himself for killing a cow is also possible to go to hell, so it is forbidden: "Murderers cows destined to rot in hell for so many years, how many hairs on the body of the cow" .
In the mythology of different nations cow performs space function: from Egyptians celestial cow Chickpea , which spawned the sky personified heavenly ocean . In Memphis , she performed a symbol of passive force, the embodiment of Venus . It is a cow on the advice of the oracle legendary Cadmus brought to the place where they were based in Thebes .
Calf cow is considered a feminine symbol and the supply of life-giving powers of the earth, and paired with the bull they represent a symbol of deity - male and female, and that sparazhayuchaga vykormlivayuchaga. For example, in ancient Greece, was often depicted with a cow and calf , who suck the udder, which meant that the multiplication of divine power, feed herself.