Editing Onager (section)

== In literature ==
In the [[Hebrew Bible]] there is a reference to the onager in Job 39:5:

{{quote|Who freed the wild donkey, loosed the ropes of the onager?|Job 39:5<ref>{{bibleverse|Job|39:5|CEB}}: [[Common English Bible]] translation, also in [[New King James Version]]</ref>}}

In {{lang|fr|[[La Peau de Chagrin]]}} by [[Honoré de Balzac]], the onager is identified as the animal from which comes the ass' skin or [[shagreen]] of the title.{{fact|date=October 2021}}
{{Clear}}
[[File:Stamps of Israel - wild ass.jpg|thumb|145px|Israeli stamp, 1971<br/><small>{{center|'''WILD ASS'''}}</small>]]
A short poem by [[Ogden Nash]] also features the onager:

{{poemquote|Have you ever harked to the jackass wild, which scientists call the onager?
It sounds like the laugh of an idiot child, or a hepcat on a harmonager.

But do not laugh at the jackass wild, for there is method in his he-haw:
for with maidenly blush, and accent mild, the jenny-ass answers "She-haw".}}