The Boar’s Head Inn was a London playhouse competing with the Rose and Globe theatres.

In Greek mythology, the heroes of the day were gathered to hunt a ferocious boar. When a woman, Atalanta, injured it, it was with much controversy that she was honoured with its pelt (there was even bloodshed).

Those born in the Year of the Boar (1935, 1947, 1959, 1971, 1983, 1995, 2007) have an appreciation for the arts as well as the nicer things in life. They are prone to perfectionism, but see the best in others. Genuine and caring, their lives are centred on their friends and family.

In North America, the European wild boar is considered an invasive species. Hunting it for food is being advocated to control populations.

– with files from Encyclopaedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Mythica, Astrology.com, and Audubon Magazine