As we’ve hopefully convinced you of by now,
elephants are fascinating and majestic animals. They have many interesting
characteristics, are intelligent and endearing, and can even be considered
personable. They are massive in size, but also seemingly gentle in nature.
Because of this, elephants are very prominent in pop culture, politics, and
even religion. Here are only a few of the places elephants are found:
in Hinduism:
The Hindu god, Ganesha, has the head of an elephant and the body of a boy.
Elephants in the Lord of the Rings.
The elephant, Horton, plays the main role in a couple of Dr. Seuss books.
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Who can forget the lovable, Dumbo??
Hathi in the Jungle Book
The Republican Party symbol
And last but not least...
Water for Elephants, which features an intelligent and endearing elephant, Rosie.
Obviously, elephants are extremely prevalent in the world of pop-culture, politics and religion. Although there are sure to be many more examples, we thought these few would just help to exemplify their many roles in culture.
I never realized how many famous elephants there were in our culture! I wonder if, especially with the Hindu God, what sense they had of elephants, or if they realized how intelligent they were!! Especially since im guessing they came up with god hundreds if not thousands of years ago!
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