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Faunus(encyclopedia)

Faunus (sh)




Ancient Italian rural deity, the Roman counterpart of the Greek god Pan.

The grandson of Saturn, he was depicted as half-man, half-goat, like a satyr. He was first worshiped as a god who bestowed fertility on fields and flocks, but he ended as a woodland deity. His companions were known as fauns.