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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.
Mr. Tumnus is a faun in The Chronicles of Narnia books written by C. S. Lewis, primarily in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe but also briefly in The Horse and His Boy and in The Last Battle. He is the first creature Lucy Pevensie meets in Narnia and becomes her first friend in the kingdom.
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.
Von den Elben is the seventh studio album by the German medieval folk band Faun.It was released on 25 January 2013. [1] Among new original content it contains a number of cover versions of old Faun tracks and songs by other artists.
Ulf Kubanke of laut.de wrote positively about the songs "Odin" and "Rabenballade", but described the album overall as sterile and too simple. [2] Matthias Weise of Metal.de wrote that the album contains both the pop-oriented side of Faun, with "Federkleid" as a positive example, and more atmospheric tracks reminiscent of the band's early works.
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.
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
Before he left Mannheim, he had tried his hand at literature, under the influence of the Sturm und Drang movement. In 1775, he published several idylls: Satyr Mopsus, Der Faun, Bacchidon und Milon, Der erschlagene Abel and Die Schafschur. In form and content, these were closely modeled on the works of Solomon Gessner. [2]