Krampus, obviously, is yet another manifestation of the “Horned God,” a term some anthropologists ... even the Biblical Golden Calf may refer to actual bull/cow/deity worship prevalent in ...

A 3,000-year-old fort containing a carving of mysterious horned ... moon god, archaeologists told Haaretz Magazine earlier this year. The horns on the carvings might represent bull horns, or ...

especially given God's close association with cattle. Or maybe the golden calf was a replacement for Moses, who like a bull, has been portrayed as horned. Since he was missing on the mountaintop ...