Back Диңгеҙ кәзәһе Bashkir Ziegenfisch German سنگنگاره بز با دم ماهی Persian Sukhurmashu French Capricorno (mitologia) Italian കടൽ ആട് Malayalam Havgeit NN Морской козёл Russian கடல் ஆடு Tamil
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| Grouping | Legendary creature |
|---|---|
| Sub grouping | Hybrid |
| Folklore | Greek mythology, Jewish folklore, Sumerian religion |
| Region | Mesopotamia, Greece, Israel |
| Habitat | The ocean |
The sea goat is a legendary aquatic animal described as a creature that is half-goat and half-fish.[2]
The constellation Capricornus was commonly imagined as a type of sea goat. The constellation has its origin in Bronze Age Mesopotamia. According to the Babylonian star catalogues the analogous constellation to Capricornus of the Greeks and Romans was MUL SUḪUR.MAŠ, 'the goat fish', which symbolized the god Enki.[3][4]
- ^ Tamsyn Barton (1995). "Augustus and Capricorn: Astrological Polyvalency and Imperial Rhetoric". The Journal of Roman Studies. 85. Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies: 47.
- ^ "The Capricorn goat/sea goat". Mythology. Gods and Monsters.
- ^ Rogers, John H. (1998). "Origins of the ancient constellations: I. The Mesopotamian traditions". Journal of the British Astronomical Association. 108: 9–28. Bibcode:1998JBAA..108....9R.
- ^ Espak, Peeter (2006). Master's Thesis (PDF) (Masters). p. 104.
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