Well, in greek mythology, europa (which the name Europe came from), was abducted by Zeus disguised as a bull... http://www.cultures.com/greek_resources/greek_encyclopedia/greek_entry.html/europa_e.html I had an idea, substituting the bull with a gnu... http://www.brittanica.com/bcom/eb/article/single_image/0,5716,11142+asmbly%5Fid,00.html (or just search in brittanica.com for europa)
Papadimitriou Aristotelis aridan@ath.forthnet.gr