Cornucopia I read the part of this article where Heracles was attributed with tearing off a horn from a river god and it was called the cornucopia I beg to differ What ever it was called it was not the same horn that people called the Cornucopia or Horn of Amalthea For in your article on Zeus Heracles father you have him being nursed by either a nymph called Amalthea or a goat called Amalthea and her horn was the one attributed to the source of the Cornucopia myth If there were two cornucopias then this is the first I ve heard of it But as the myths seem to blend together in Europe we also get Thor who is a bit like Heracles and Woden Oden who is a lot like Zeus And something called a Sampo that Milled Flour Salt and Gold out of thin air For each of these Myths we also have varying stories with each town that celebrates the gods and their deeds And while Hercules has been attributed with many many deeds and gifts his father was the one associated with the Cornucopia not him