christians and jews talk a lot about the meme of shepherding and its importance, and the burnt offerings referred to frequently especially in genesis actually literally means bbq offered to visitors. the civilization of the "angels" basically invented herding especially cattle, but i think it probably started with goats and sheep, because they would have had to develop much greater stature and strength to domesticate the wild cattle. wild cows are hella dangerous, just think of the whole meme of the cowboy and the lariat to catch them by their horns and tether them to a tree or other stiff and strong anchor in the ground. in wild herds, there is a lot more bulls than in domesticated herds, we have to castrate them while they are young or they become uncontrollable. the neutered males and the females are both quite placid and easy to control, nervous, even.