goat god

American  

noun

1. a deity with the legs and feet of a goat, as Pan or a satyr.

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Etymology

Origin of goat god

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

We paused in a five-sided room, home of the Academy of Unseen Arts, which has paintings borrowed from the horror master Clive Barker lining the walls and a statue of the goat god Baphomet in the center.

From New York Times

Yet while inverting some earlier writing about Picasso -- hagiography of the goat god, by members of his claque -- Huffington produces something just as hokey.

From Time Magazine Archive

Said the Jackal to the Goat, "God bless you, Gaffer Goat, you'll be the first food that has passed my lips this many a day."

From Project Gutenberg

Dear grandson," said the Goat, "God bless you too.

From Project Gutenberg

Mauriri prayed to the Goat God for rain.

From Project Gutenberg