Cornucopia

Cornucopia (Latin Cornu also copy), or horn of plenty symbolizes abundance and food, usually a large horn-shaped container filled with the products, flowers, nuts and other edible in some form of wealth. From ancient times, has continued as a symbol of Western art music and North America, is particularly associated with the Thanksgiving holiday.
Mythology :

Classical Mythology offers many explanations for the origin of the cornucopia. One of the best known is the birth and care of the infant Zeus, who concealed from his father Cronos devouring. In a cave on Mount Ida in Crete, Zeus was treated and the baby is protected by a number of assistants of the divine, including goat ("Goddess Mother") Amalthea, who suckled. The future king of the gods of the milk had unusual abilities and strength, and playing with his nanny accidentally broke one of his horns, which was then the divine power to provide food without end, as the adoptive mother was a god.

In another myth, it was created when the cornucopia Heracles (Roman Hercules) fought with the river god Achelous and cut one of his horns. The river gods were sometimes depicted as a horned

Cornucopia

The cornucopia was characteristic of many Greek and Roman gods, especially in the context of the harvest, wealth, or spiritual abundance as the personification of the Earth (Gaia or Terra), the nymph Maia, and Fortuna, the goddess of fortune, who had the power to prosperity. In the Roman imperial cult was abstract Roman gods who promoted peace (Pax Romana) and wealth also represented with a cornucopia, including Abundantia, "abundance" personified, and Annona, the goddess of grain supply for the city of Rome. Pluto, the traditional ruler of the underworld in the mystery religions, was a giver of wealth agricultural, mining and spiritual, and in art often have a cornucopia to distinguish it from Hades darker, with a horn instead.
Modern Representations :

Modern descriptions of the cornucopia is typically a hollow, horn-shaped wicker basket filled with a variety of fruit and vegetable feast. In North America, the cornucopia has been associated with Thanksgiving and the harvest. Cornucopia is also the name of the wine and food festival annually in November in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. Two cornucopias are seen the flag and seal of the state of Idaho. The seal of North Carolina describes the Liberty is standing and holding a cornucopia of plenty. Coat of arms of Colombia, Panama, Peru and Venezuela, as well as arms of the State of Victoria, Australia, will also present a cornucopia, a symbol of prosperity.

The cornucopia is used in body art and the day of Halloween, because it is a symbol of fertility, wealth and abundance.

In the popular young adult novel The Hunger Games, the cornucopia is a giant golden horn full of weapons and supplies, which is the center of bloodshed, the struggle to open the Games.

Cornucopia is also the name of a magazine about Turkish culture. He refers to the traditional representation of Anatolia as a land of plenty.