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Revision as of 15:06, 15 August 2025
The domestic pig (Sus scrofa domestica), commonly referred to simply as pig, is a domesticated subspecies of the wild boar. Domesticated pigs, unlike their wild cousins, have a lot less hair. Several species are known but the most common ones are pink in color.
History
Among the earliest animals domesticated by humans, pigs have been used as a source of meat in human societies across the world from ancient Greece, where their tails were valued at 3 drachmae apiece,[1] to the Philippines and the Thirteen Colonies during the 18th century.[2][3]
In the 9th century, the Norse settlement of Ravensthorpe in England also raised pigs, not just for their meat, but also as pets.[4] At one point, the shieldmaiden Eivor Varinsdottir encountered a "pig of prophecy", Matilda, in Canterbury. After Eivor drank a psychoactive brew from a nearby tub, she hallucinated Matilda speaking to her, introducing herself as a seer and reciting various prophecies, some of which concerned events in the far future.[5]
After a pig escapes to the wild, their offspring are often known as wild pigs.[6]
Influence
In ancient Greece, the economy of Megaris and its main city of Megara relied on pig farming, for which reason the region's emblem featured the head of a pig. The Spartan misthios Kassandra once made a note of this, remarking "Megaris, the city of pigs" when she visited Megaris for the first itme.[1]
Colloquially, the term pig has come to denote a greedy, dirty, or unpleasant person.
Gallery
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The full banner of Megaris -
The emblem of Megaris: a pig's head -
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A tattooed pig in 9th-century Ravensthorpe -
Matilda, the "pig of prophecy" -
A pig with a hen and its chicks in the Philippines -
Appearances
- Assassin's Creed III (first appearance)
- Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag – Freedom Cry (mentioned only)
- Assassin's Creed: Rogue
- Assassin's Creed: Unity
- Assassin's Creed: Origins – The Hidden Ones (mentioned only)
- Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
- Assassin's Creed: Rebellion (appears as a corpse only)
- Assassin's Creed: Valhalla
- Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple
- Assassin's Creed: Jade (mentioned only)