animals used for food and products:

Animals were used for their skins, hides, furs, feathers, meat and food products. These are the most commonly used animals:

• cattle- Raised for beef; cow's milk was rarely used.
• goats- Goat hair and skins were used for clothes by country folk; meat, milk and cheese eaten.
• sheep- Milk, cheese and wool were valued sheep products.
• pigs- Meat.
• deer- Meat, hide.
• cocks, hens- Meat.
• hyena- Remedies were made from the hyena corpse.
• elephant- Ivory.
• geese- Meat; especially the liver.
• duck- Low class food.
• pheasant and peacock- Brains were considered a delicacy for the rich; feathers.
• flamingo- Tongue was considered a delicacy.
• tortoise- Shells used for ornamental and practical uses.
• ostrich- Ostrich eggs' large size made them perfect for use as containers for liquids; feathers were used as plumes on military helmets.
• mollusks- Source of meat and shells.
• dormouse - Eaten with honey and poppy-seeds.
• seal- Seal skins were believed to protect people from lightening.
• horse- Horse tails and manes were a source of hair used for making rope and decorations.

Service, Hunted game, Pets, Religion and Other animals