Re: R: The thing with goats

From: Nick Eden <nick_at_s4YC0bY3df-hOF3gozM-PnhnM2alQnB4baCoEyB17eAfKwBUhQfbWYJRGJjzat5wdeMLmWC>
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 11:20:22 +0100


On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 10:21 AM, Gianfranco Geroldi <giangero_at_O_crmS7U8dyeN8qOYUNz2CSwI8nVCpHs4e9BwOl9WrCsvSnyvDb71F3Q4IryBVPPa6Q7aC9wdUmPBhM.yahoo.invalid>wrote:

> Hello Loran,
> Rams are male goats, aren't they?

Not normally. In England at least a maile goat is a Billy. A ram is quite specifically a male sheep.

>
> Both Carmanian/Lunar (Yanafal) and Helamakti/Heler cults IIRC call Rams
> their theistic animal icon.
> So I don't think that Goatkin means just 'son of Ragnaglar', but that, in
> less Orlanthi-centric societies, you are right that many variations of the
> broogony myth exist.

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