The Impact of Pigs on Popular Culture
We all know what pigs are, generally speaking. However, one thing that not all of us know is that pigs had various impacts on certain aspects in popular culture. We are not only talking about cartoons and films here, but in most of the areas of popular culture. So get ready to see some of the cultural areas where pigs brought their presence into.
Pigs in popular culture
Many aspects of culture were influenced by the presence of pigs, in different ways. Here are some of the main categories of culture in which we can meet references to pigs, or their occurrence in different ways:
- Religion
- Folklore and mythology
- Literature, film and logos
- Music, television and art
- Children’s world
Pigs in Religion
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Examples in this matter include:
- ancient Egypt, where pigs were associated with Set
- Hinduism, where god Vishnu took the form of a humanoid with four arms and boar head that was called Varaha
- The Celts, who had a God of swine, known as Moccus
Pig is one of the twelve animals that are representative for the Chinese zodiac signs.
Pigs in Folklore and Mythology
In epic The Odyssey in the Ancient Greek, the hero’s ship’s crew is transformed into pigs by Circe.
In many European countries, slaughtering a pig is followed by a feast.
In Germany, pigs are considered as a symbol for good luck and they offer Marzipan pigs as gifts on New Year’s Eve.
In New York, peppermint-flavored hard candy pig is shared with family after Christmas Dinner. This is as a symbol that is supposed to bring health and prosperity throughout the next year.
Sailors and fishermen consider pigs to be unlucky and they don’t accept to carry pigs on boats. They consider pigs to be a symbol of the Devil, because of their cloven hooves and fear of water.
Literature, film and logos
This is one of the categories in which pigs really made a difference. Some of the most popular appearances of pigs in these categories include the following:
- The
The pigs then introduce “The Seven Commandments of Animalism” and write them on the barn wall; soon the main idea is captured in the minds of all the animals, “FOUR LEGS GOOD, TWO LEGS BAD”.
of the fact that if they hindered education and knowledge from other animals, they (pigs) would
Hot dogs are pig. Bacon is also pig. Which means that they divide the pig equally into bacon and hot dogs. I believe that there should be a law that pigs should be used to strictly make bacon only!
The author of The Three Pigs did a tremendous work on transforming a folktale to modern picture book. I choose this book because it so unique from the traditional story of the three little pigs and the wolf. The author was able to use different colors, lines to make great distinction in the illustrations. Thicker, darker lines were used in the illustrations to make the characters and illustrations appear alive. The illustrations were simple and appeals to the eyes of readers. The author definitely took into account the imaginary minds of children. Thinner lines were also used to depict reality in the illustrations. At a first glace of the book, I noticed the grey color of the book was the same color of the sticks that the second pig used to
These animals were used as food sources, transportation, and laborers. Pigs were able to thrive in the wildlife because they were rarely bothered by any of the diseases. Pigs were fast reproducers therefore they served as the explorers food. Pigs multiplied to 30,000 in Cuba and were found in various places. Pigs then were more boar like than today's. Explorers like Pizarro and De Soto brought more pigs to the New World causing rapid reproduction. When De Soto brought 13 pigs, three years later there were 700 instead of the 13 he brought. Today they are no longer domesticated in many places. Pigs are still used for a main food source but also as black truffle finders in France, trash scavengers that help towns have less scraps, and for making many day to day products. Some pigs are becoming invasive in parts of America and the United States. The population of pigs is steadily growing and they inhabit most of
The first clue towards the development of the pigs’ character was the example with the apples and milk. The pigs had taken the apples and milk, claiming that “it is for your sake that we drink that milk and eat those apples,” and that “(this has been proved by Science, comrades) these contain substances absolutely necessary to the well-being of a pig.” However, they had deceived the animals, fooling them with the illusion that they were doing this for them, whereas, they were just consuming
In Time and Again, the narrator often talks about his hogs. The hogs in the story symbolize death and uncleanliness
One story that can be directly compared across cultures is The Three Little Pigs, originating in England, where it was first printed in the 1840s, but the story dates back much further. In the original English version, the first two little pigs are devoured by the big bad wolf, who is finally outwitted by the last pig who lures the wolf down the chimney into a pot of boiling water. The Japanese version, however, ends with the same fate for the wolf, but differs greatly in how the wolf reaches that fate. Unlike the English version where the third pig outwits the wolf on his own, the Japanese version tells of how the first two pigs escaped their flimsy homes and worked together with the third little pig to defeat the wolf.
As it relates the poem “Animals Are Passing from Our lives, written by Levine, the pig in this poem represents humans who have sacrificed their lives in the marketplace. Levine, said,” the pig had a sense of death”. It knew that it would be slaughtered by humans, but it will be killed with dignity. This pig, “said even though he will be killed for people, he will not beg for his life”. In other words, the pig said, he may be a pig, looked like a pig, and ate like a pig, but it would die with pride and self-respect.
For the pigs to maintain their popularity with the other animals, Squealer secretly paints additions to some commandments to benefit the pigs while keeping them free of accusations of breaking the laws (such as "No animal shall drink alcohol" having "to excess" added to it and "No animal shall sleep in a bed" with "with sheets" added to it). Eventually the laws are replaced with "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others", and "Four legs good, two legs
The story of the Three Pigs is about three brothers who set off into the world to make their way in life. The first brother builds a house of straw, the second from sticks and the third takes his time and builds a brick house. A wolf comes along and challenges the integrity of the buildings by blowing them down. The wolf succeeds in destroying the first two houses, but the third house proves to be too strong. The moral of this story is to take time to do things correctly and you will be rewarded, and intelligence is better than brute force. The origins of this story dates back to the nineteenth century, from England.
When the pigs gain power they start to organize committees throughout the farm. They also position the animals for labor work and basically act as a congress. This allows them to be passive making others do all of the work. They have a wide variety of knowledge to brainwash the animals into thinking the
Have you ever wanted a pet that was intelligent, adorable, affordable, and healthy? They are pigs! One reason, their food is
To conclude, the Three Little Pigs is a classic story that most people have heard of. In this, a big bad Wolf tries to blow down the homes of all three pigs, but he is unsuccessful in blowing down the home of the third little pig. Using his cleverness, courageousness and determined spirit, he was able to outwit the Wolf. The pig was able to challenge someone much bigger than him and
Mother pigs spend most of their miserable lives in tiny gestation and farrowing crates so small that they can’t even turn around and forced to get pregnant over and over again, until their bodies can’t handle it anymore.. Males are either killed immediately, or castrated at a young age then kept only for their meat. Piglets, in general, are torn away from their mothers after only a few weeks, tails are chopped off, and the ends of their teeth are snipped off, then the spend days to weeks to months in cramped, crowded pens on slabs of filthy concrete until it gets decided what will happen to them.