Show karakul sheep sacred karakul sheep have been regarded as sacred by brahmans Brah mans buddhists and edans notes a writer in the detroit free press they are the first animals mentioned in the bible and historians consider thorn them the first animals to have been domesticated in prehistoric times to the each part of the sheep has a symbolic meaning the skull is regarded as the seat of 0 knowledge flexibility of life etc and on sacred pilgrimage the roadside is hung with these parts h the pilgrims touch |