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The Egyptian legend of the Fish-goat associated with the Capricorn constellation has its origins in Babylon and relates to a creation myth describing how the people listened to the wisdom of sea gods. When they came ashore they developed the legs of a goat so they could climb mountains and teach the world. The Greek myth of Pan has obvious connections, but the Egyptian Fish-goat was more than just a nature demigod. The Egyptian zodiac sign was said to represent the ‘finger print’ or the heavenly signature of their great invisible creator ‘Neter’. Records are rather obscure because they go beyond the time of the great floods, which have various and contradictory dates. But the importance of this sign and constellation, known as ‘the Night Watcher of the Heavens’, remained in place as a marker associated with the winter.