Well do natural philosophers speak of the pig…

Hazel Lavery, Milwaukee Pigs and the Fight for Irish Freedom
Hazel Lavery
An Irish beauty helps broker peace.
The Vitruvian Swine
A blend of humanities with husbandry, of art and symbolism, religion and science, of how things were and how they seem to be
Devonshire Hunting Tapestries
Devonshire Hunting Tapestries
An elaborate 15th century tapestry depicting scenes of a boar and bear hunt.

A Character of Paradox

Porkopolis.org is a collection of arts, literature, philosophy and other varied considerations of the pig. In the irreducible complexity of what we call nature, pigs are one of the most iconic and paradoxical animals ever to have developed a relationship with man. Some form of pig has been visibly present in the vast majority of human societies. The pig is a grand character in much of human’s cultural history.

Savory and Intelligent

Under collective consideration and scrutiny, hogdom’s complex and ever-changing relationship with humans seems to place the pig uneasily into more »