Cow head or ox head may refer to the

head A head is the part of an organism which usually includes the ears, brain, forehead, cheeks, chin, eyes, nose, and mouth, each of which aid in various sensory functions such as sight, hearing, smell, and taste. Some very simple ani ...

of a

cow Cattle (''Bos taurus'') are large, domesticated, bovid ungulates widely kept as livestock. They are prominent modern members of the subfamily Bovinae and the most widespread species of the genus '' Bos''. Mature female cattle are called co ...

, or to a head (individual animal) of cattle. It may also refer to: *

Cow Head (town) Cow Head is a town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The town had a population of 478 in the Canada 2016 Census. The Dr. Henry N. Payne Community Museum (c. 1941) in Cow Head, Newfoundland and Labrador is on the Canadian R ...

, a town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador *

Cow Head Group The Cow Head Group is a geologic group in Newfoundland and Labrador. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ordovician The Ordovician ( ) is a geologic period and System (geology), system, the second of six periods of the Paleozoic Era (geolo ...

, a geologic group in Newfoundland and Labrador * Cow head protests, which occurred in Selangor, Malaysia in 2009 * ''Gozu'' ("Cow Head"), a Japanese urban legend :* ''

Gozu is a 2003 Japanese comedy horror film by Takashi Miike. Plot Ozaki (Aikawa), a mentally unstable yakuza, kills a chihuahua outside a restaurant after becoming convinced that it is actually an attack dog trained to kill gangsters. Seeing Ozak ...

'', or ''Yakuza Horror Theatre: Cow's Head'', a 2003 Japanese film directed by Takashi Miike *

Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (; 1488/90/92"Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar Núñez (1492?-1559?)." American Eras. Vol. 1: Early American Civilizations and Exploration to 1600. Detroit: Gale, 1997. 50-51. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 10 December ...

, explorer whose Spanish surname means "cow head" * Japanese eagle ray, also known as Cowhead eagle ray

China

Ox-Head and Horse-Face Ox-Head () and Horse-Face () are two guardians or types of guardians of the underworld in Chinese mythology. As indicated by their names, both have the bodies of men, but Ox-Head has the head of an ox while Horse-Face has the face of a horse. The ...

, two types of underworld guardians in Chinese mythology *

Oxhead school The Oxhead school (牛頭宗 ''Niu-t'ou zong'') was an important tradition of Chinese Chan Buddhism in the Tang dynasty, which claimed to have been founded by Niutou Farong 牛頭法融 (594–657), whom the tradition regards as a Dharma heir of t ...

, school of Chan Buddhism *

Niutou River The Niutou River () is a major tributary of the Wei River, streaming north-east of Tianshui Tianshui is a prefecture-level city in Gansu province, China, and is the province's second-largest city (behind the provincial capital Lanzhou). Located ...

(literally "cow head river"), a river in Gansu * Niushoushan (literally "cow head mountain"), historical Buddhist mountain near Nanjing

China

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