Golden Calf

"The Golden Calf . . . . And Aaron said to them, 'Break off your golden earnings which are in the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me. . . ." - Exodus 32

The Golden Calf refers to the story of Moses.  Moses had gone up mount Sinai when receiving the ten commandments.  However, meanwhile, the Israelis had been impatient and decided to make their own god.  They took gold from everyone and formed it into a calf which they later worshiped.  When Moses had returned, he was angry and ended up breaking the tablets.

A song:
Oh God! Well look at You now!
Oh! You lost it, but You don't know how
In the light of the Golden Calf
Oh God! I had to Laugh.

This song it refers to the golden calf as a sign of rebellion.

A Poem:

An idol-monarch which their hands had made:

Thought they might ruin him they could create;

Or melt him to that golden calf, a state.

This Poem is about The exodus of Moses and the Israelis, referring to the Golden Calf.  A term one wouldn't understand without  background knowledge.

Articles:

"You recall the story of the Ten Commandments:  . . . .—sees the people worshiping a little golden cow, and smashes the tablets . . . "

The entry to the article is assuming that the reader understands the story, it then refers to the golden calf. This is an example of a biblical allusion because it assumes the reader knows the background.

A Commercial

This is a commercial for the Golden Calf however here it advertises the richness of a product.

In the picture there is all the Israelis dancing around worshiping the golden calf and then there is Moses who prays on the mountain and returns to see that his people have turned which then makes him break the tablets.