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Theconstellationisusuallydepictedasagoatwithafish\'stail.Onemythsaysthatwhenthegoat-godPanwasattackedbythemonsterTyphon,hedoveintotheNile;thepartsabovethewaterremainedagoat,butthoseunderthewatertransformedintoafish.Capricornissometimesdepictedasasea-goat,andsometimesasaterrestrialgoat.Thereasonsforthisareunknown,buttheimageofasea-goatgoesbackatleasttoBabyloniantimes.Furthermore,theSumeriangodEnki\'ssymbolsincludedagoatandafish,whichlatercombinedintoasinglebeast,thegoatCapricorn,recognizedastheZodiacalconstellationCapricornus.\"ThesymbolofthegoatrisingfromthebodyofafishrepresentswithgreatestproprietythemountainousbuildingsofBabylonrisingoutofitslowandmarshysituation;thetwohornsofthegoatbeingemblematicofthetwotowns,NinevehandBabylon,theformerbuiltontheTigris,thelatterontheEuphrates;butbothsubjectedtoonesovereignty.\"[2]Ontheotherhand,theconstellationofCapricornusissometimesidentifiedasAmalthea,thegoatthatsuckledtheinfantZeusafterhismotherRheasavedhimfrombeingdevouredbyhisfatherCronos(inGreekmythology).Thegoat\'sbrokenhornwastransformedintothecornucopiaorhornofplenty.Someancientsourcesclaimthatthisderivesfromthesun\"takingnourishment\"whileintheconstellation,inpreparationforitsclimbbacknorthward.Assuch,itisasymbolofsovereignty.参考资料：维基百科 |
