Goat
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The domestic goat, commonly referred to simply as goat, is a domesticated subspecies of the wild goat. Like all types of goat, it bears twin horns on its head, although they are not as large and powerful as those of wild goats.
Mythology[edit | edit source]
In Greek mythology, goats were represented by Amalthea, a goat living on Mount Ida in Messara, Krete. She nursed the baby god Zeus, and after her death, he wore her skin as an aegis.[1]
History[edit | edit source]
Among the earliest animals domesticated by humans, the goat has been used as a source of meat, milk, cheese, and transportation in human societies across the world since the dawn of the earliest human civilizations.
5th century BCE[edit | edit source]
In ancient Greece, in addition to being a source of various goods, goats were also common sacrificial animals, and the Spartan misthios Kassandra was asked to hunt them for this purpose on several occasions.[2]
1st century BCE[edit | edit source]
In Ptolemaic Egypt, goats also had a spiritual presence, as people observed the Goat Fish, a god with the head of a ram and the body of a fish. This was called Capricornus by the Greeks.[3]
Viking Age[edit | edit source]
The Vikings crafted their drinking horns from the horns of either goats or cattle. The pirate Alonzo Batilla found some of these in the 18th century during his adventures in the Caribbean.[4]
18th century[edit | edit source]
When the British American colonies were established, the settlers brought goats with them. The goats flourished in the so-called 'New World', and were an ubiquitous sight during the American Revolutionary War.[5]
Behind the scenes[edit | edit source]
In Assassin's Creed: Odyssey, whenever a goat is referenced, the animals meant are actually ibexes, a related species of wild goat.
Gallery[edit | edit source]
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A goat engraved on stone as Aries
Appearances[edit | edit source]
- Assassin's Creed III (first appearance)
- Assassin's Creed: Pirates (mentioned only)
- Assassin's Creed: Unity
- Assassin's Creed: Syndicate
- Assassin's Creed: Origins
- Assassin's Creed: Odyssey (only as ibexes)
- Discovery Tour: Viking Age
- Assassin's Creed: Mirage – Valley of Memory
- Assassin's Creed: Fragments – The Witches of the Moors
- Echoes of History (mentioned only)
- Assassin's Creed: Jade
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Historical Locations: Messara: Summit of Mount Ida
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Goats and Ghosts
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Origins – Bayek's Promise
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Pirates
- ↑ Assassin's Creed III