the ram
animal · 3 works · 3 mentions · 7 anchored passages
Abū al-Muṭarrif · kabsh · ram · ابو المطرف · الكبش
spoken of as
1 expressionRam1 mention
Rigveda (Sanskrit)
One whose daughter was born wheelless—who, knowing this, should think lightly of her as blind?
in the texts
Odyssey
The largest and finest ram of the Cyclops' flock, beneath which Odysseus conceals himself to escape, later sacrificed to Zeus.
"‘My good ram, what is it that makes you the last to leave my cave this morning?
so I sacrificed it on the sea shore, and burned its thigh bones to Zeus, who is the lord of all.
"As spoke he drove the ram outside, but when we were a little way out from the cave and yards, I first got from under the ram's belly, and then freed my comrades;
Ansāb al-ʻArab al-qudamāʼ
The animal figured for omen in ʻUbayd Allāh ibn Ziyād's vestibule alongside the dog and the lion, and bearing the kunyah Abū al-Muṭarrif.
It was for this reason that ʻUbayd Allāh ibn Ziyād had a dog, a ram and a lion figured in his vestibule, saying:
On the other side, they gave the animals the names of men or their kunyahs:
Rigveda
Ram appears in riddle-hymn imagery of marriage and sacrifice.
One whose daughter was born wheelless—who, knowing this, should think lightly of her as blind?
The heroes cooked the fat ram;