Goats in Literature

This section is yet to be started. Have thoughts? E-mail them to me. Here’s some of what I’ve thought of to discuss, but I’d like more..

  1. *The Goat Woman from Cold Mountain.

  2. *The Greek God Pan was half goat and the god of nature.

  3. *Heidi - Being in nature with her grandfather and goats helped Heidi blossom and helped her friend Clara regain the ability to walk.


In literature, there is a powerful link between goats and nature and mental and physical health. Why so? I have some ideas that I am looking forward to writing. If you have ideas, e-mail me.


Nature and the Goat

Well, I still haven’t had a chance to work more on this, but here are some interesting e-mails I’ve gotten from people around the world (well the northwest at least) on goats in literature. You people from other parts of the country and the world, get hopping on this. Are only Northwesterners both lovers of literature and goats?

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As far as literature, how about those famous "Three Billy Goats Gruff"?


Regards,

Priscilla Klein

Pheasant Meadow Bed & Breakfast

Waldport, OR


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I used to keep dairy goats in southern Oregon. One of my favorite quotes was something a friend made in needlepoint and kept on her wall. You can verify it on Google, and it would be a great footnote to the page on breeding, since goats have of course always been the way they are!


"The lust of the goat is the bounty of god."

William Blake from "The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell"