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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.
The House of the Faun, along with the House of Pansa and the House of the Silver Wedding represent the higher class of the Roman houses of the Republic. [3] More than 190 years after its excavation, the craftsmanship and quality of materials have been found to be exceptional, even amongst the other noble houses in Pompeii. [3]
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 ...
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.
Faun is a German band that was formed in 1998 and plays pagan folk, darkwave, and medieval music. The originality of their music style is that it falls back to "old" instruments, and the singing is always the center of attention.
A faun is a half-human, half-goat creature in Roman mythology. Faun may also refer to: Tadano Faun GmbH, a German engineering firm; Faun (band), a German pagan folk / medieval band; Faunis, a genus of Asian butterflies commonly referred to as the fauns; Faun, a Hungarian silent film directed by Alexander Korda; The Faun, a sculpture
Faunis canens, the common faun, is a butterfly from South and South East Asia that belongs to the Morphinae, a subfamily of the brush-footed butterflies. [1] This species may include the Indian faun, Faunis arcesilaus .
Faunis eumeus, the large faun, [1] is a butterfly found in South and South East Asia that belongs to the Morphinae subfamily of the brush-footed butterfly family. The assama subspecies of the large faun is now considered to be a separate species, Faunis assama ( Westwood , 1858).