Faunus
Sign in to savethumb|200px|Faunus and Daphnis practising the [[Pan flute (Roman copy of Greek original).]] In ancient Roman religion and myth, Faunus was the rustic god of the forest, plains and fields; when he made cattle fertile, he was called Inuus. He came to be equated in literature with the Greek god Pan, after which Romans depicted him as a horned god.
Key facts
- Deity.type
- Roman
- Deity.name
- Faunus
- Deity.deity_of
- God of the forest, plains, and fields
- Deity.member_of
- the Di indigetes
- Deity.image
- Nordkirchen 2010-100307-10841-Burgallee-Faunus.jpg
- Deity.caption
- Statue of Faunus at Schloss Nordkirchen
- Deity.other_names
- Inuus
- Deity.cult_center
- a shrine on the Insula Tiberina
- Deity.consort
- Flora, Marica, Fauna
- Deity.parents
- Picus and Canens
- Deity.offspring
- Latinus
- Deity.gender
- male
- Deity.Greek_equivalent
- Pan
- Deity.festivals
- Faunalia (13 February and 5 December)
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Origin
- Consorts and family
- Conflation with Greek Pan
- Festivals
- Later worship
- References
- Bibliography
- Further reading
thumb|200px|Faunus and Daphnis practising the [[Pan flute (Roman copy of Greek original).]] In ancient Roman religion and myth, Faunus was the rustic god of the forest, plains and fields; when he made cattle fertile, he was called Inuus. He came to be equated in literature with the Greek god Pan, after which Romans depicted him as a horned god.
Faunus was one of the oldest Roman deities, known as the di indigetes. According to the epic poet Virgil, he was a legendary king of the Latins. His shade was consulted as a goddess of prophecy under the name of Fatuus, with oracles in the sacred grove of Tibur, around the well Albunea, and on the Aventine Hill in ancient Rome itself.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Faunus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.