During the period of Earth Mother worship in the form of the “Goddess” (4400 to 2200 BC), Mendes, the goat god, was worshipped because of the prodigious sexual capacity of the billy goat.
WOW, I learned something new! :)
https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/eascfa/dinner_party/place_settings/primordial_goddess#
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