Sea goat


A sea goat is a legendary aquatic animal described as a creature that is half goat and half fish.
The constellation Capricornus was commonly imagined as a type of sea goat. This has been done since the Bronze Age within Mesopotamia. Then the Babylonians used, 'the goat fish', to symbolize the god Enki.

Greek tradition

Concepts regarding sea goats existed in ancient Greek mythology. Many studies based upon the subject have connected the allegory of the sea goat to the zodiac Capricorn as well, although its origin is not entirely known.

Jewish tradition

In Jewish oral history, mentions of sea goats also crop up. Stated in the stories, once the time comes all the creatures of the sea must offer themselves to the monster leviathan. It is purported that a sailor once encountered a sea goat while far out on the ocean. On its horns the words "I am a little sea-animal, yet I traversed three hundred parasangs to offer myself as food to the leviathan" were found carved.