I know that back in the day, goats were said to whisper lewd things into the ears of priests (because goats are a naturally horny animal and often blabber to attract ladies). But whenever I see depictions of the devil or demons, they usually have cloven hooves or a goats head?
Does anyone know why this is or where it comes from?
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Christianity especially has a long history of coopting other iconography and special dates of other religions and making them heretical or evil from the lens of Christianity.
See also that Christmas and Easter have a bunch of traditions that have nothing whatsoever to do with the religious part of the holiday.
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