"Yak" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... now am called, Ygg was my name before, Before that I hight Thund, Yak and Skilfing, Vafud and Hroptatyr, Got and Jalk 'mong the gods, Ofner and Svafner. All these names, I trow, Have to me alone ...
— The Younger Edda - Also called Snorre's Edda, or The Prose Edda • Snorre
... or chowrie, formed of the white bushy tail of the Yak, or Bos grunniens, was placed as an ornament between the ears of horses, like the plume of the war-horse of chivalry. The velocity of the chariot caused it to lose its play, and appear fixed in one direction, like a flag borne rapidly against ...
— Sakoontala or The Lost Ring - An Indian Drama • Kalidasa
... hummed, he said: "Mine is an antiquated position, I'll admit. I don't like it any more than you do. Next thing, they'll put me to work polishing chain-mail armor or make me commander of a company of musketeers. Or maybe they'll send me to the 18th Outer Mongolian Yak Artillery." ...
— Unwise Child • Gordon Randall Garrett |
