ALMATHEIA
Real Name: Almatheia
Identity/Class: Terrestrial goat (possibly extradimensional? - see comments)
Occupation: Nurse
Group Membership: None
Affiliations: Rhea, Zeus (Zeus Panhellenios)
Enemies: None
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: A cave beneath the island of Crete
First Appearance: Incredible Hercules I#130 (August, 2009)
Powers/Abilities: Almatheia was much larger
than a typical Earth goat and her milk was capable of nourishing even
gods such as Zeus. She also had thick horns growing from her head that
she could use to butt things or people.
Height: Unrevealed (approximately 5'0" at
withers)
Weight: Unrevealed (approximately 667 lbs.)
Eyes: Black
Hair: White
History: (Incredible Hercules I#130 (fb)) - After her husband Cronus began devouring each child she bore out of fear of a prophecy that one of his children would overthrow him, Rhea hid her son Zeus in a cave beneath Crete, where he survived by suckling from the she-goat Almatheia.
(Greek/Roman myth) - Following Almatheia's death as
Zeus neared adulthood, Zeus created his thunder-shield from Almatheia's
hide. The deceased Almatheia's horn was also removed by Zeus and
transformed into the Horn of Plenty that would instantly become filled
with whatever was desired by its possessor, which Zeus then gave to the
daughters of Melisseus. Almatheia was posthumously honored for her
years of service to Zeus by being placed among the stars in the
constellation Capra and over time, some myths evolved that suggested
Almatheia was actually the name of a nymph that had fed Zeus with the
milk of a goat or a woman of considerably beauty who was given a tract
of land in the form of a bull's horn, rather than being a goat herself.
Comments: Adapted into Marvel Comics by Greg Pak, Fred Van Lente, Ryan Stegman, Rodney Buchemi and Terry Pallot.
It was not clear if Almatheia was
just an extremely large terrestrial goat or if perhaps she originated
extradimensionally in the pocket dimension of Olympus and somehow
arrived on Earth via one of the interdimensional nexuses on Earth.
Being an Olympian goat might explain Almatheia's sheer size in
comparison to normal Earth goats...
Profile by Proto-Man.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Almatheia should be distinguished from:
Appearances:
Incredible Hercules I#130 (August, 2009) - Greg Pak, Fred Van Lente
(writers), Ryan Stegman, Rodney Buchemi (pencils), Terry Pallot (inks),
Mark Paniccia (editor)
First posted: 07/15/2023
Last updated: 07/15/2023
Any Additions/Corrections? please let me know.
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