Pictures of 3-headed 6-arms of goats in cultures

Raising the god Zeus, the symbol of Satan demon . are extremely unique images of goats in ancient cultures.

Goats are animals that are no stranger to humans. Many historians believe that goats are the first domesticated human species from about 7,000 years BC.

However, most of us only treat them as cattle, similar to cows or pigs, providing meat and other products to make food. In fact, goats appear in many cultures with many unique features.

Below are pictures of goats in different cultures:

1. Goats in Greek culture

In Greek mythology, the goat image is associated with the childhood of Lord Olympus: Zeus.

When Zeus was not born, his father Cronus was the ruler of the world after overthrowing his grandfather Zeus - Uranus to gain supremacy on Mount Olympus. Fearing his son would grow up and follow his father's example, Cronus decided to swallow all the boys and girls into his abdomen to avoid the danger of losing his throne.

Cronus (holding the scythe) cut his "precious" to gain the ultimate power of the gods.

Loving you, mother Zeus - the goddess Rhea listened to god Gaia's advice to escape to Crete to give birth to Zeus, then gave Cronus a stone wrapped in a diaper. Zeus so escaped death waiting.

In Crete, Zeus grew up under the care of Amalthea - the maiden of goats (a theory that was a goat). Every day, the gods drank goat's milk and to avoid Cronus's discovery, Amalthea hung Zeus dangling from the tree. Zeus gradually matured and decided to leave Crete, returning to Mount Olympus.

Boy Zeus sucked goat milk daily and matured

After rescuing his brothers and sisters and overthrowing Cronus, Zeus was grateful to the goddess Amalthea and the sea goddesses who took care of him by naming them a constellation, which is the Capricorn constellation.

2. Goats in Jewish culture

Images of goats have become very familiar to Jews for thousands of years. For them, goats are associated with sacrificial rites in the Bible.

A sacrificial ceremony often uses two goats. The first is a goat, which will be sacrificed for all the people before the Lord. After taking a bloody cap on a confession cap, the priest who performed the ritual will send the bearer away to cremate it far away.

Next, the priest will put his hands on the head of the second goat and confess all the sins that people have, then ask someone to chase this goat into the desert. The ritualist "chases the goat" will then have to do a purification ritual before returning to the community to avoid getting impurities from that goat.

There is a theory that, because of the above practices, it makes goat become a symbol of human crimes. As a result, the image of a goat head placed in an upside-down pentagram is a symbol of Satan.

3. Goats in Chinese culture

Chinese history has a lot of vestiges associated with goats, such as the "Yang far" volume of Tan Vu De (236 - 290). Accordingly, Tan Vu De every night often ride a goat in the harem, the car stops at the residence of the bow, the king will stay there.

Therefore, the unconventional supply places strawberry leaves - the favorite food of the goat in front of the room so that the goat will stop there.

Another example is about a messenger who was caught in a goat for nearly 20 years in the cold north. He was To Vu (140 - 87 BC), my loyalty was to King Han Vu De (156 - 87 BC). Due to the vexation of the Hungarian king when he went to porcelain, To Vu was exiled to the North to goats.

Oddly, the Hungarian king ordered To Vu to be free only if the herd was born. Of course, this cannot happen because To Vu's goat is male. It was only 19 years later, when the two countries were delayed, To Vu was able to return to his home country after suffering extreme hardship in the North.

4. Goats in Vietnamese culture

Goat image has become so familiar to Vietnamese people, from material value to spirit. The goat is one of the 6 most common livestock species in our country, along with cows, pigs, chickens, horses and buffaloes, and is also one of three special offerings to offer saints with chickens and pigs.

Among the 12 beasts, the age of the Goat is considered to be wise, enthusiastic, talented and will be lucky and successful.

The first chapter of the book of Lingnan Fiction also said that from the time of King Kinh Duong Vuong, Vietnamese people knew how to use cows and goats for sacrifice. According to Dai Nam real Luc Chinh Bien, under King Minh Mang, in the 17th Minh Mang year (1836), the king sent to 220 male goats and 100 female goats, of which 20 male goats were chosen to make sacrifices. Nam Giao ceremony, placing the marinated goat meat on the Thuong herd.

Festival of Nam Giao under Nguyen Dynasty

And it would be flawed if we forgot the image of a goat appearing in painting works such as Dong Ho's "Two Goats Through the Bridge" or "Goat Blindfold" .

Painting the blindfold of Dong Ho village