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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 bronze statue of a dancing faun (actually a satyr, since the lower body is that of a man) is what the House of the Faun is named after. In the centre of the atrium there is a white limestone impluvium, a basin for collecting water. The statue was found on October 26 of 1830 near one side of the impluvium and a small fountain in the center. [4]
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.
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).
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
Nymph and Fawn is located near a pond that is part of the original Oldfields Ravine Garden, an informal garden that was designed by Percival Gallagher in 1920. [5] This landscaping project was part of a larger effort by the Olmsted Brothers landscape design firm to visually transform the Oldfields grounds at the time. [ 6 ]
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 .