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Pan is an 1894 novel by Norwegian author Knut Hamsun. He wrote it while living in Paris and in Kristiansand , Norway. It remains one of his most famous works.
Pushan (Sanskrit: पूषन्, IAST: Pūṣan) is a Hindu Vedic solar deity and one of the Adityas. He is the god of meeting. Pushan is responsible for marriages, journeys, roads, and the feeding of cattle. He was a psychopomp (soul guide), conducting souls to the other world. He protected travelers from bandits and wild beasts, and ...
According to Edwin L. Brown, the name Pan is probably a cognate with the Greek word ὀπάων "companion". [13] In his earliest appearance in literature, Pindar's Pythian Ode iii. 78, Pan is associated with a mother goddess, perhaps Rhea or Cybele; Pindar refers to maidens worshipping Cybele and Pan near the poet's house in Boeotia. [14]
*Péh₂usōn ("Protector") was a proposed Proto-Indo-European pastoral god guarding roads and herds. [1] [2] [3]He may have had a bushy beard and keen sight. [4] [3] He was also closely affiliated with goats or bucks: Pan has goat's legs while goats are said to pull the car of Pūshān (the animal was also sacrificed to him on occasion).
[21] [2] [a] Pushan is also stated to have chosen the Ashvins to be his fathers. [17] [22] The Ashvins are depicted as the helpers of mortals in various suktas of Rigveda. The sukta 112 describes that when the sage Dirghashravas prayed to Ashvins for rain, the twins poured sweet water from the sky.
We Are All Pan's People is an album by The Focus Group. "Pan" is a song by The Veils. "The Pan Within" and "The Return of Pan" are two songs by The Waterboys. Pan is referenced in Stevie Wonder's song "Flower Power", from his album The Secret Life of Plants. Pan's People, a British dance troupe from Top of the Pops, was named after Pan.
Stanley Tucci, the beloved actor and culinary connoisseur, has once again delighted fans by sharing his latest winter comfort meal—this time, a simple yet ingenious tuna melt that has become his ...
Baudelaire preferred Honoré Daumier's comical visions of ancient history and described Sappho (pictured here by Daumier) as a "patroness of hysterical women". [1]Charles Baudelaire opened "The Pagan School" with an anecdote from an event celebrating the French Revolution of 1848, where he met a young man who raised a toast to Pan and attributed the revolution to this god.