Compared with the german encyclopedia - very concerned with biological definitions - the english reader seems to focus more on the "wild and low" values of the pig. The pig - still the wild boar - has been domesticized ages ago and gives us more than meat: manure. It recycles man's leftovers which becomes new fertile soil. Apart from that, the sow supplys hair for artist's brushes and blood for painting and pigments, ashes of the pig's bones as well as glue- and weatherproof coatings.

In many cultures the pig signalizes good luck - making pigs fly! In astrology the pig is associated with Jupiter - the bringer of wealth and abundance. The "pig's" personality is extremely self-willed and self-assuring. That type of optimist, who will manage to convince himself, that everything must be good for something!

The "pig" owns an innate attitude to approach wealth - generally showing off in nutrition-management and voluminous appearance. It has the ability to "refine gold from dust". It pronounces hidden wealth, ploughing the low grounds - the truffle-pig is the best picture! In tough times a hog is hard paying currency. In norwegian you find the proverbial "pigs in the forrest".