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Amalthaea or Amaltheia, were other names for the nurse of Zeus. Stories differ as to whether the nurse was a nymph that was later turned into a goat or that she was a goat from the begining and remained that way. To further confuse the elements to the story , it is said that a horn (either given to the nymph from Zeus or from the nymph to Zeus) had the power to become filled with whatever the one who held it, wished for. This Horn of Plenty, or Cornucopia, was known as The Horn of Amalthaea.
Interesting correlation seems to pique my interest, a late adoption? edit
Amalthea and Auðumbla from Norse tales seem associated, they may be indo-european but may also be a later cross-over re-adoption in addition. However hanging Zeus from a rope from a tree between the earth & sky, reminds me very much of Odin upon Yggdrasil and that seems another connection of note here in this same vein. Nagelfar (talk) 15:42, 4 August 2010 (UTC)
Sources missing edit
This entry has no sources whatsoever (it should). Adamanthea along with the goat-nymph Amalthea are not mentioned in Hesiod (Theogony, 453-489), Pseudo-Apollodorus (Bibliotheca, 1.1.5-7), Callimachus (Hymn I to Zeus, 4-53) or Diodorus Siculus (Bibliotheca historica, Book V 70.1-5). I believe they may be mentioned in Hyginus (Fabulae, 139) but I haven't been able yet to find an online source so I cannot confirm.