Amalthaea

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Amalthaea (ăm'əlthē`ə), in Greek mythology, the stepmother of Zeus, a she-goat or nymph who nursed the infant Zeus. It was said that Zeus made one of her magnificent horns into the cornucopia cornucopia , in Greek mythology, magnificent horn that filled itself with whatever meat or drink its owner requested. Some legends designate it as a horn of the river god Achelous, others as a horn of the goat Amalthaea.
..... Click the link for more information. and set her image among the stars as the star Capella in the constellation Capricorn.

Amalthaea

goat who provided milk for baby Zeus. [Gk. Myth.: Leach, 41]

See : Sustenance

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