There is one more echo of this ancient tradition you may not have heard about. So nearly every single language in the world has named the pig based off of the ancient sanskrit name of the animal, but only in Sanskrit can we trace out the reason – su-kara, “the animal that makes the sound soo”. This word ‘su’ from Sanskrit can be found across the world as ‘sow’ (English), ‘sugga’ (Swedish), ‘sau’ (German), ‘sus’ (Latin), ‘hûs’ (Greek), and ‘hū’ (Avestan/Persian) all meaning pig or boar. The literal meaning of this word is ‘the animal that makes the sound soo’. In the Rig and Atharva Vedas Varaha is referred to as sukara (Sanskrit सूकर, sūkara), meaning ‘wild boar’. This simple little item, deep in symbolism, has been teaching children the importance of learning thrift for many centuries. The popularity of the piggy bank took off in 1913 when a campaign was launched to provide little metal piggy banks for homes and businesses to collect small coin donations towards providing relief to those who suffered from leprosy around the world. In England they had used a clay with a pinkish hue to fashion their piggy banks while the Germans were more elaborate with their porcelain porcines. In the Norse tradition the four corners of the sky are held up by the dwarfs Norðri (North), Suðri (South), Austri (East) and Vestri (West).ĭuring the 19th Century migration from the British Isles and Germany helped to popularize the piggy bank in the United States. Her brother is the Norse god Freyr who rides his wild boar called Gullinbursti (‘Golden Mane’). Her name is cognate with Sanskrit ‘priya’ meaning beloved.
She is the goddess of love, fertility, and gold. Tacitus tells us of the Aesti tribe of northern Germany who worshipped Freyja (Friday) who is accompanied by her boar Hildisvini (‘Battle Swine’). In Europe there were still remembrances of the connection between the boar and good fortune. He returned back to Europe via the Chinese silk road in 1330 AD bringing back this connection for a coinbox shaped as a pig. In his book “Travels of Friar Odoric of Pordenone” he records visits to Indonesia, including Sumatra, Java, and Borneo, between the years 1318-1330 AD. The first European record we have of the Majapahit Empire comes from an Italian Franciscan friar. In this simple image of the piggy bank we see echoes of the Vedic past – the clay symbolizes the goddess of the Earth, the coins symbolize the goddess of fortune, and the earthenware shaped as a boar is the presiding deity of sacrifice Yajna Varaha, who is the giver of all wealth. He holds a money pot holding coins and is the guardian of the Northern direction. Kuvera, who is a pot-bellied dwarf, is the treasurer of the Devas (demigods), and sits upon a wild boar as his mount (vahana). This tells us that the Northern face, which is Adi Varaha (the “original boar”), is called the “giver of all wealth”. In the Panchamukha Hanuman Kavacham we read: “ōṁ namō bhagavatē pañcavadanāya uttaramukhāya ādivarāhāya sakalasampatkarāya svāhā”. In the Taittiriya Samhita (6.2.4) we are told that the boar “plunders the wealth of the Asuras”. Other references connecting the boar to wealth are to be found: Lord Varaha, the boar incarnation, lifting up the Earth Goddess. The Lord thus saved Bhu Devi (the goddess of the Earth) who is also Lakshmi, the goddess of fortune. The Lord then assumed the incarnation of Varaha (the red boar) to lift the earth out of the waters. The Earth became unbalanced and fell into the universal waters of devastation. In the Srimad Bhagavatam we are told that in this second age a great asura (demon) named Hiranyaksha, being inimical to the Lord, strip mined the Earth of all her precious metals and jewels. The presiding deity for that age is known as Yajna Varaha (the boar).Īccording to King Prithu (in the Srimad Bhagavatam), whatever is taken from the Earth, whether from the mines, from the surface, or from the atmosphere, must be considered the property of the Supreme Lord and thus must be used as a sacrifice (yajna) to Lord Vishnu. We are told that in Treta Yuga (the second age) the Lord assumes the color red to establish the fire sacrifice (yajna) as the yuga dharma or process for self-realization for that age. The word ‘vasu’ means “wealth” and “dharā” means “one who holds”. In the Hindu scriptures, this planet is known as ‘vasundharā’. To solve this mystery we need to understand that these areas were ruled by Hindu kingdoms, and the people practiced Hinduism for thousands of years in these regions. 45,000 year old cave art recently found on Sulawesi Island of Indonesia.īut why the boar? What is the connection?
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