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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.
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.
Faunus depicted as King of Latium (Nuremberg Chronicle, 1493) Image of Faunus taken at the Fountain of Neptune in Florence, Italy.Sculpture by Bartolomeo Ammanati. In fable Faunus appears as an old king of Latium, grandson of Saturnus, son of Picus, and father of Latinus by the nymph Marica (who was also sometimes Faunus' mother).
In Abrahamic mythology and Zoroastrianism mythology, angels are often depicted as benevolent celestial beings who act as messengers between God and humans. Bat – An Egyptian goddess with the horns and ears of a cow. Cernunnos – An ancient Gaulish/Celtic God with the antlers of a deer. Fairy – A humanoid with insect-like wings.
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.
Se'īrīm are frequently compared with the shedim of Hebrew tradition, along with satyrs of Greek mythology, fauns of Roman mythology and jinn of Arab culture. [4] Julius Wellhausen suggested that they rather correspond to the Arabian Ifrit .
External videos smARThistory - Barberini Faun, c. 220 B.C.E. [ 6 ] It was traditionally asserted that Cardinal Maffeo Barberini commissioned Gian Lorenzo Bernini to restore the statue, "but there is no evidence for the tradition that Bernini was in any way involved with the statue," Francis Haskell and Nicholas Penny observed in 1981, after ...
The original Spanish title El laberinto del fauno refers to the fauns of Roman mythology, while the English, German and French titles refer specifically to the faun-like Greek deity Pan. However, del Toro has stated that the faun in the film is not Pan. [8]