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A faun, as painted by Hungarian painter Pál Szinyei Merse in 1867 A drawing of a Faun.. The faun (Latin: Faunus, pronounced [ˈfäu̯nʊs̠]; Ancient Greek: φαῦνος, romanized: phaûnos, pronounced [pʰâu̯nos]) is a half-human and half-goat mythological creature appearing in Greek and Roman mythology.
Articles relating to fauns and their depictions. They were half-human and half-goat mythological creatures, appearing in Greek and Roman mythology.Originally fauns of Roman mythology were spirits of rustic places, lesser versions of their chief, the god Faunus.
Mr Tumnus is a faun and main character in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, as well as appearing in two other books in the Chronicles of Narnia series, by C. S. Lewis. Satyrs appear occasionally throughout the series. Grover Underwood in the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series is a satyr.
Afternoon of a Faun (Nijinsky) Afternoon of a Faun (Robbins) L'après-midi d'un faune (poem) B. Bacchantes Embracing; Bacchus (Jacopo Sansovino) Bacchus (Michelangelo)
Fairy – Mythical spirits or legendary creatures in European folklore, also known as fae or fair folk among many other names. Commonly depicted as having beautiful insectoid wings. Faun – Humanoid beings with the horns and lower bodies of goats. Fetch –(Irish) an exact, spectral double of a living human; can appear as an omen.
In Greek mythology, a satyr [a] (Ancient Greek: σάτυρος, romanized: sátyros, pronounced), also known as a silenus [b] or silenos (Ancient Greek: σειληνός, romanized: seilēnós [seːlɛːnós]), and sileni (plural), is a male nature spirit with ears and a tail resembling those of a horse, as well as a permanent, exaggerated erection.
The name Faunus is generally thought to stem from Proto-Italic *fawe or *fawono (variant *fawōn(jo)), thus being cognate with Umbrian fons, foner ('merciful'). It may ultimately derive from Proto-Indo-European (PIE) *bʰh₂u-n ('favourable'), which also reflects Old Irish búan ('good, favourable, firm') and Middle Welsh bun ('maiden, sweetheart').
Faun – Human-goat hybrid nature spirit; Fear gorta – Hunger ghost; Feathered Serpent – Mesoamerican dragon; Fei Lian – Chinese wind god; Fenghuang – Chinese Phoenix, female in marriage symbol; Fenodyree – House spirit; Fenrir – Gigantic, ravenous wolf; Fetch – Double or doppelgänger