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  2. Faun - Wikipedia

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    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. Originally fauns of Roman mythology were ghosts of rustic places, lesser versions of their chief, the god Faunus.

  3. Satyr - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Barberini Faun - Wikipedia

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    The life-size [1] ancient but much restored marble statue known as the Barberini Faun, Fauno Barberini or Drunken Satyr is now in the Glyptothek in Munich, Germany. A faun is the Roman equivalent of a Greek satyr. In Greek mythology, satyrs were human-like male woodland spirits with several animal features, often a goat-like tail, hooves, ears ...

  5. Pan (god) - Wikipedia

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    He has the hindquarters, legs, and horns of a goat, in the same manner as a faun or satyr. With his homeland in rustic Arcadia , he is also recognized as the god of fields, groves, wooded glens, and often affiliated with sex; because of this, Pan is connected to fertility and the season of spring.

  6. List of legendary creatures by type - Wikipedia

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    Faun – a Roman version of satyr. It has a human head and torso and a goat waist and legs. Goldhorn – also known as Zlatorog; Heiðrún – goat in Norse mythology, which produces mead for the einherjar; Khnum; Satyr – a goat legged human that is associated to the deity Dionysus. Known to be drunk partiers.

  7. Resting Satyr - Wikipedia

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    Capitoline Faun, exemplar from the Capitoline Museums, c. 130 AD (inv. 739) Ruspoli Faun, Munich Glyptothek (inv. 228). The Resting Satyr or Leaning Satyr, also known as the Satyr anapauomenos (in ancient Greek ἀναπαυόμενος, from ἀναπαύω / anapaúô, to rest) is a statue type generally attributed to the ancient Greek sculptor Praxiteles.

  8. Mythic humanoids - Wikipedia

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    Satyr, satyress – Humanoid beings or nature spirits with goat-like features such as horns and hooves. Seelie – Scottish term meaning "happy" or "blessed", used in several fairy names. Selkie – Scottish mythical creature that resembles a seal in the water but assumes human form on land.

  9. List of hybrid creatures in folklore - Wikipedia

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    Faun – An ancient Roman nature spirit with the body of a man, but the legs and horns of a goat. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] Originally they differed from the Greek satyrs because they were less frequently associated with drunkenness and ribaldry and were instead seen as "shy, woodland creatures". [ 14 ]