| I'm collecting tidbits about famous goats--real or imaginary (from fiction, myth, TV, movies, you get the picture). Here's what I have so far. Any additions? Thanks! Sue ================= Famous Goats Amalthea. Who nursed the Greek gods Zeus and Aegipan (a goat-god; an early version of Pan or possibly Pan's father) in a cave on Mount Ida on Crete. Zeus created his thunder-shield (aegis) from her hide and the horn of plenty (cornucopia) from one of her horns Batisse. White goat mascot of the Canadian Royal 22e Régiment; his iconized image was also emblazoned on the Quebec Citadelles' hockey jerseys Bill. The U.S. Naval Academy football team's white mascot Bill Grogan's goat. Who coughed up three red shirts and flagged a train in the camp song of the same name Billy (Lance Corporal William Windsor). Goat mascot of the 1st Battalion, Royal Welch regiment Billy Whiskers. Much-loved hero of a series of more than a dozen children’s books written by Frances Trego Montgomery beginning with Billy Whiskers: The Autobiography of a Goat (1903) David. Mascot at Fort Henry in Kingston, Ontario, in memory of the goat mascot of the 23rd Regiment of Foot (Royal Welch Fusiliers) Djali. Esmerelda's goat in Disney's cartoon feature The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) Dr. Goat. Protagonist of the rare and pricey children's book of the same name authored by Georgiana (she of no last name) in 1950 Dungtse Rama Gyelmo. Goat that filled a lake with earth so that the Jokhang temple at Lhasa in Tibet could be built on that site Fido the Liberator Goat. From the one-and-only Pogo comic strip circa 1958, reprinted in Instant Pogo by Walt Kelley (1962) Florecita. Ornery mama goat, mother of Sombrita the goat friend of American Girl doll Josefina Montoya Franny. Wisecracking white Saanen doe in Racing Stripes (2005), voiced by Whoopi Goldberg Gunther Goat. Star (with Pluto) of a Disney cartoon short called The Army Mascot (1942) Gabby Goat. Porky Pig's sidekick in three Looney Tunes cartoon shorts aired at movie theaters in 1937 Heidrun. Norse she-goat who nibbles the leaves of Yggdrasil, the World Tree, and from whose udder flows an unending supply of mead for the heroes of Valhalla Hennes. Mascot of the FC Cologne rugby team in Cologne, Germany Jeb. Tin can-collecting goat in Disney's Home on the Range (2004) Japeth. Singing railway goat with detachable horns in the animated feature Hoodwinked! (2006) Jenny. Who turns into a fairy woman in the Welsh folktale of Cadwaladr and his Goat Jimmy. Who ate a box of dynamite in an Andy Griffith Show episode ("The Loaded Goat”) aired in 1963 Mona. Sacred village goat in the South African comedy Max & Mona (2004) Murphy (called Sinovia in some sources). Who, because he and his owner (who owned the nearby Billy Goat Tavern) were ejected from a game of the 1945 World Series, is the cause of the famed "Curse of the Billy Goat" that supposedly prevents the Cubs from winning the World Series Nanny and Nanko. Tad Lincoln's goats that lived at (and sometimes in) the White House while his father, Abraham Lincoln, was President Old Whiskers. Russell Harrison's pet goat while his father, President Benjamin Harrison, was in the White House Private Gwylim Jenkins (a.k.a. Shenkin). White goat with gilded horns, mascot of the 3rd Battalion The Royal Welsh Rose Tombe. Legally married to a man in Juba, Southern Sudan. Sadly died after eating a plastic bag. Seven little goats. Of the Grimm Brothers fairytale The Wolf and the Seven Little Goats Sombrita. Black-and-white goat pal of the American Girls doll Josefina Montoya; her name means "little shadow") Taffy. Mascot of the Royal Regiment of Wales (24th/41st Foot) Taffski. The look-alike goat who subbed for Taffy while the Royal Regiment of Wales was stationed in Bosnia Tanngrisnir (Gap Tooth) and Tanngnjóstr (Tooth Grinder). Who pull the chariot of Norse thunder god, Thor The Nettlefields. Sylvaian Families collectable goat figurines: Ramsey Nettlefield and his wife Caprina with their twin babies William and Nannette Three billy goats gruff. Of Norwegian folklore Türk. Buck goat in Johanna Spyri's Heidi (1880) Ukko. Straw julbock ridden by Joulupukki, a Finnish version of Santa Claus Vincent van Goat. Blue puppet goat (who has both ears) of Baby Einstein television programing fame Zlateh. Of Issac Bashevis Singer's Zlateh the Goat (1966); also stars in several videos made for children
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