The White Bull (French: Le Taureau blanc) is a fable and a work of "contes philosophiques" written by the Enlightenment philosopher Voltaire. The story is based on the Greek tale of Europa and the bull. Where the white bull is in fact the Greek god Zeus. The date the story was written is unknown but it was published between the year 1773-4. Voltaire's work seems to be prophetic in nature because the story was published just fifteen years before the French Revolution, when be-headings were prudent.