Holy cow or sacred cow may refer to:

• The sacred cow in Hinduism, whence:

• An idiom used to identify a person, institution, idea, or ideology as being unreasonably immune to criticism or opposition
• Holy cow, an exclamation of surprise

• The Sacred Bull, as it pertains to ancient mythology

Proper names

• The Holy Cows, a FIRST Robotics team in San Diego, CA. The term sacred cow has passed into the English language to mean an object or practice which is considered immune from criticism especially unreasonably so " Holy cow! " is an Exclamation of Surprise used in American and Canadian English. Appearances of the Bull (also known as Taurus) in Mythology and worship are widespread in the ancient world
• The Holy Cow Company, a Saint Louis Park, MN-based company that designs and produces organic clothing. St Louis Park is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States, and a first ring- Suburb immediately west of Minneapolis.
• Sacred Cow, the reconfigured C-54 Skymaster used as the Air Force One during the latter portion of Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency and the first portion of Harry S. Truman's presidency
• The Sacred Chao, a fundamental element of Discordianism
• Sacred Cows, the Contemporary Christian music album by The Swirling Eddies
• Sacred Cow, the 1996 album by Geggy Tah
• Sacred Cow Productions, founded by director Kevin Booth

See also

• Auðumbla, the primeval cow of Norse mythology
• The red heifer, a sacred sacrifice in Judaism
• Apis, the bull-deity of Ancient Egyptian religion
• Harry Caray

Discordianism is a modern Religion centered on the idea that Chaos is as important as order. Sacred Cows, subtitled "The Songs That Helped Us" is the title of an album featuring the Rock band The Swirling Eddies, performing their Sacred Cow is a 1996 album by Geggy Tah. It features "Whoever You Are" a minor radio hit that was later used in a Mercedes-Benz commercial in Sacred Cow Productions is a production company owned by Kevin Booth which focuses on hard-hitting subjects like the The War on Drugs and other controversial subject Auðumbla (also spelled Auðumla, Auðhumbla or Auðhumla) is the Primeval cow of Norse mythology. In Judaism, the Red Heifer (פרה אדמה Parah Adumah) is a young cow that is sacrificed and whose ashes are used for the ritual Purification of people Harry Caray (b Harry Christopher Carabina, March 1, 1914, St Louis, Mo

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