Editing Capricornus (section)

==Mythology==
Despite its faintness, the constellation Capricornus has one of the oldest mythological associations, having been consistently represented as a [[mythological hybrid|hybrid]] of a goat and a fish since the [[Middle Bronze Age]], when the [[Babylonian star catalogues|Babylonians]] used {{lang|sux-Latn|<sup>MUL</sup>SUḪUR.MAŠ}} "The Goat-Fish" as a symbol of their god [[Ea (god)|Ea]].<ref name=Rogers1998/><ref name=Espak2006/>

In [[Greek mythology]], the constellation is sometimes identified as [[Amalthea (mythology)|Amalthea]], the goat that suckled the infant [[Zeus]] after his mother, [[Rhea (mythology)|Rhea]], saved him from being devoured by his father, [[Cronus|Cronos]]. Amalthea's broken horn was transformed into the [[cornucopia]] or "horn of plenty".<ref name="Reference and Allusion">{{cite book |last1=Delahunty |first1=Andrew |last2=Dignen |first2=Sheila |title=Oxford Dictionary of Reference and Allusion |date=2012 |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |isbn=978-0-19-956746-1 |page=91 |edition=3rd |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hX6rCuCLI2MC&pg=PA91 |via=Google Books}}</ref>

Capricornus is also sometimes identified as [[Pan (god)|Pan]], the god with a goat's horns and legs, who saved himself from the monster [[Typhon]] by giving himself a fish's tail and diving into a river.{{sfn|Ridpath|Tirion|2001|pp=102–103}}