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> The small Galloway cattle Joerg refers to are stunted beasts from
> northern islands with poor fodder. Wild cattle are *big*: bison, cape
> buffalo, guar, aurochs, and water buffalo are normal sized cattle, and
> they are all big enough to ride.
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Hmm, and in the "real world" they aren't ridden usually, although I did see a bison rider at a rodeo in Belle Fourche, South Dakota; bison are the only one of your list there that get ridden in Glorantha coincidentally.
Are there legends about just how humans in Glorantha started riding beasts? While there's a lot of draught animals and pack animals on Earth, to the best of my recollection people only ride (except as a novelty) horses, donkeys, horse-donkey hybrids, camels, and elephants. That first guy to get on a critter and ride it instead of doing like any sane person and hooking it to a cart or chariot was a brave person indeed.
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