Goat

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Faculty of Tourism and Hotel management, Guidance Department, Helwan University

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The complicated relationship between humans and animals is shown by the goat, an animal that has been extensively documented in the ancient Mediterranean Sea basin and is linked to death and rebirth motifs. This article intend to examine the goat's role in Greek mythology, paying special attention to its associations with Zeus and Athene as divine instruments or with Artemis or Dionysius as divine hypostasis . The behavior patterns and symbols that these creatures sparked throughout the centuries have become particularly deeply ingrained in human civilization. Goats and sheep are arguably the only animals that have developed a whole way of life in addition to an enterprise. Historically, pastoral peoples have had to center nearly all of their activities on their flocks, moving temporarily when the food supply runs out and then migrating again. Herders are forced to continually see wolves and even nearby people as potential dangers, as flocks instill a strong sense of protectiveness . in Greek mythology, the goat is revered to such an extent that Zeus (Jupiter to the Romans) was said to have been nursed as a newborn on the island of Crete by the goat Amaltha, whose turn was rewarded with a place in the firmament as the constellation Capella. There are two tales about Ascelipious, either to be fed by a female dog or he was suckled from a goat.

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