Goat
The goat or domestic goat (Capra hircus) is a species of goat-antelope that is mostly kept as livestock. It was domesticated from the wild goat of Southwest Asia and Eastern Europe. The goat is a member of the family Bovidae, meaning it is closely related to the sheep. It was one of the first animals to be domesticated, in Iran around 10,000 years ago.
Goats have been used for milk, meat, wool, and skins across much of the world. Milk from goats is often turned into cheese.
Life expectancy for goats is between 15 and 18 years.
Goats in Mythology
Goats feature in mythology, folklore, and religion in many parts of the world, including in the classical myth of Amalthea, in the goats that pulled the chariot of the Norse god Thor, in the Scandinavian Yule goat, and in Hinduism's goat-headed Daksha. In Christianity and Satanism, the devil is sometimes depicted as a goat.
At Absit Omen
Goats can be hosts for ghouls to capture them. Spirit Division keep a herd for this and the Ministry's emergency need for sacrifice.
- Henry MacLeod's patronus is a mountain goat
- Sasha Snow's animagus form is an Alpine Ibex goat
- Marni Thistle turned someone called Ida into a goat by accident
- Vincent Van Goat lives on the Ministries farm. He was named and hosts a ghoul.
- One of the possible forms of the Pooka
- The goat is a symbol in Molybdomancy
