All Topics  
Faun

 
Faun

 
   Email Print
   Bookmark   Link
 

 

Faun
 
 
  Topics Faun Topic Home

In Roman mythology
Roman mythology

Roman mythology, or more appropriately, Latin mythology, refers to the mythology beliefs of the Italic people inhabiting the region of Latium and its main city, Rome....
, fauns are place-spirits (genii
Genius (mythology)

In Roman mythology, every man had a genius and every woman a juno .Originally, the genii and junones were ancestors who guarded over their descendants....
) of untamed woodland. Romans connected their fauns with the Greek satyr
Satyr

In Greek mythology, satyrs are a troop of male companions of Pan and Dionysus ? "satyresses" were a late invention of poets ? that roamed the woods and mountains....
s, wild and orgiastic drunken followers of Bacchus
Bacchus

Bacchus may refer to:* Dionysus, the Greek god of wine and intoxication, known as Bacchus to Romans* Saint Bacchus, Christian martyr, companion to Saint Sergius...
 (Greek
Greek mythology

Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the Ancient Greece concerning their List of Greek mythological figures#Immortals and Greek hero cult, Cosmology#Metaphysical cosmology, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices....
 Dionysus
Dionysus

In classical mythology, Dionysus or Dionysos , is the God of wine, the inspirer of ritual madness and ecstasy, and a major figure of Greek mythology, and one of the twelve Olympians, among whom Greek mythology treated Dionysus as a late arrival....
). However, fauns and satyrs were originally quite different creatures. Both have horns and both resemble goats below the waist, humans above; but originally satyrs had human feet, fauns goatlike hooves
Cloven hoof

A cloven hoof is a hoof split into two toes. This is found on members within the mammalian order Artiodactyla. Examples of mammals that possess this type of hoof are pigs, deer and sheep....
.






Discussion
Ask a question about 'Faun'
Start a new discussion about 'Faun'
Answer questions from other users
Full Discussion Forum



Recent Posts

How so fauns and satyrs differ?








Encyclopedia


Faun Merse
In Roman mythology
Roman mythology

Roman mythology, or more appropriately, Latin mythology, refers to the mythology beliefs of the Italic people inhabiting the region of Latium and its main city, Rome....
, fauns are place-spirits (genii
Genius (mythology)

In Roman mythology, every man had a genius and every woman a juno .Originally, the genii and junones were ancestors who guarded over their descendants....
) of untamed woodland. Romans connected their fauns with the Greek satyr
Satyr

In Greek mythology, satyrs are a troop of male companions of Pan and Dionysus ? "satyresses" were a late invention of poets ? that roamed the woods and mountains....
s, wild and orgiastic drunken followers of Bacchus
Bacchus

Bacchus may refer to:* Dionysus, the Greek god of wine and intoxication, known as Bacchus to Romans* Saint Bacchus, Christian martyr, companion to Saint Sergius...
 (Greek
Greek mythology

Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the Ancient Greece concerning their List of Greek mythological figures#Immortals and Greek hero cult, Cosmology#Metaphysical cosmology, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices....
 Dionysus
Dionysus

In classical mythology, Dionysus or Dionysos , is the God of wine, the inspirer of ritual madness and ecstasy, and a major figure of Greek mythology, and one of the twelve Olympians, among whom Greek mythology treated Dionysus as a late arrival....
). However, fauns and satyrs were originally quite different creatures. Both have horns and both resemble goats below the waist, humans above; but originally satyrs had human feet, fauns goatlike hooves
Cloven hoof

A cloven hoof is a hoof split into two toes. This is found on members within the mammalian order Artiodactyla. Examples of mammals that possess this type of hoof are pigs, deer and sheep....
. The Romans also had a god named Faunus
Faunus

In Religion in ancient Rome and its Roman mythology, Faunus was the horned god of the forest, plains and fields. He was often equated with the Roman god Inuus, and also with the Greek god Pan ....
 and goddess Fauna
Fauna (goddess)

In Roman mythology, Fauna is an alternate name for:*Bona Dea, was a goddess of fertility, healing, virginity and women. She may also be known as Marica....
, who, like the fauns, were goat-people.

The Barberini Faun
Barberini Faun

The life-sizemarble statue known as the Barberini Faun or Drunken Satyr is located in the Glyptothek in Munich, Germany. A Faun is the Roman equivalent of a Greek Satyr....
 (Glyptothek
Glyptothek

The Glyptothek is a museum in Munich, Germany, which was commissioned by the Bavarian King Ludwig I of Bavaria to house his collection of Greece and Rome sculptures ....
, Munich
Munich

Munich is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. Munich is located on the River Isar north of the Northern Limestone Alps. Munich is the third largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Hamburg....
, Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
) is a Hellenistic marble, c. 200 BC that was found in the Mausoleum of the Emperor Hadrian
Hadrian

Publius Aelius Hadrianus , as emperor Imperator Caesar Divi Traiani filius Traianus Hadrianus Augustus, and Divus Hadrianus after his apotheosis, known as Hadrian in English language, was Roman Emperor of Roman Empire from AD 117 to 138, as well as a Stoicism and Epicureanism philosopher....
 (the Castel Sant'Angelo
Castel Sant'Angelo

The Mausoleum of Hadrian, usually known as the Castel Sant'Angelo, is a towering cylindrical building in Rome, initially commissioned by the Roman Emperor Hadrian as a mausoleum for himself and his family....
) and installed at Palazzo Barberini
Palazzo Barberini

Palazzo Barberini is a palace in Rome, on the Piazza Barberini in Rione.The sloping site had formerly been occupied by a garden-vineyard of the Sforza family, in which a palazzetto had been built in 1549....
 by Cardinal Maffeo Barberini (later Pope Urban VIII
Pope Urban VIII

Pope Urban VIII , born Maffeo Barberini, was Pope from 1623 to 1644. He was the last Pope to expand the papal territory by force of arms, and was a prominent patron of the arts and reformer of Church missions....
), the patron of Bernini
Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini was a pre-eminent Baroque sculpture and architect of 17th Century Rome....
, who heavily restored and refinished it, so that its present 'Hellenistic baroque' aspect may be enhanced.

Fauns in literature, film and video games

In William Faulkner
William Faulkner

William Faulkner was a Nobel Prize in Literature-winning United States author. One of the most influential writers of the 20th century, his reputation is based on his novels, novellas and short story....
's short story "Black Music" (1934) Draughtsman Wilfred Midgleston believes he was transformed into a "farn" en route to show a client blueprints.

In C. S. Lewis
C. S. Lewis

Clive Staples Lewis , commonly referred to as C. S. Lewis and known to his friends and family as Jack, was an academic, medievalist, literary critic, essayist, lay theologian and Christian apologist....
' classic, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is a fantasy fiction novel for children by C. S. Lewis. Written in 1950 in literature and set in approximately 1940, it is the first-published book of The Chronicles of Narnia and is the best known book of the series....
, a faun named Mr Tumnus
Mr Tumnus

Tumnus is a fictional character in C. S. Lewis' series The Chronicles of Narnia. He is featured prominently in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and also appears in The Horse and His Boy and The Last Battle....
 is the first creature Lucy meets in Narnia
Narnia (world)

Narnia is a fantasy world created by C. S. Lewis as the primary location for his series of seven fantasy novels for children, The Chronicles of Narnia....
. He attempts to kidnap Lucy because she is a daughter of Eve (in other words, a human). After putting her under an enchantment with his flute, he is suddenly convinced of his great evil and has a change of heart.

In Piers Anthony
Piers Anthony

Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob is an English American author in the science fiction and fantasy genres, publishing under the name Piers Anthony....
's fantasy novel series, The Magic of Xanth
Xanth

Xanth is a fantasy world created by author Piers Anthony for a series of novels....
, fauns are present as well as a main character in the book Faun & Games
Faun & Games

Faun & Games is the twenty-first book of the Xanth series by Piers Anthony....
.

In the Spyro the Dragon series
Spyro the Dragon (series)

File:SpyroTheDragonLogo.gifSpyro is a popular platform game and action-adventure game game series starring the video game character Spyro the Dragon , which was originally released for the Sony PlayStation....
 of video games, a faun named Elora makes appearances in two of the games, most prominently in the realm of Avalar, her home. Several other fauns, both male and female, appear in two of the worlds of Avalar's sub-realm, Autumn Plains. The female fauns, which act in a sort of valley girl
Valley girl

Valley Girl is a term referred to affluent upper-middle class girls living in the bedroom community neighborhoods of San Fernando Valley.A Valley Girl can be described as materialistic, self-conscious, dodgy, self-centered, hedonistic, physical attractiveness and sometimes sexually Promiscuity....
 manner, are in the world of Fracture Hills, while the male fauns are in Magma Cone.

In Guillermo del Toro
Guillermo del Toro

Guillermo del Toro G?mez is an Academy Award-nominated Mexican filmmaker. He is one of the film directors known as the Three Amigos that include Alfonso Cuar?n and Alejandro Gonz?lez I??rritu....
's 2006 film Pan's Labyrinth
Pan's Labyrinth

Pan's Labyrinth is a 2006 in film Spanish films of 2006 Spanish language fantasy film written and directed by Mexico film-maker Guillermo del Toro....
 (El Laberinto del Fauno), a faun (Doug Jones
Doug Jones (actor)

'Doug Jones' is an American film and television actor best known to science fiction, fantasy, and Horror and terror fans for his various roles playing non-human characters, often in heavy makeup, in films and television series such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer , Hellboy , Pan's Labyrinth and Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surf...
), whose many ancient names be pronounced, "only by the wind and trees", guides Ofelia (Ivana Baquero
Ivana Baquero

Ivana Baquero Mac?as is a Goya Award-winning Spain actress. At the age of 11, Baquero was chosen by director Guillermo del Toro to play the lead role of Ofelia in Pan's Labyrinth, for which she won critical acclaim....
) through the three tasks she must perform in order to return to the kingdom in the netherworld where her former incarnation
Incarnation

Incarnation which literally means embodied in flesh, refers to the Conception and birth of a Sentience creature who is the material manifestation of an entity or force whose original nature is immaterial....
 was once a princess. The faun in this movie is different from most fauns, looking as if it was made of earth and trees rather than just a goat and a man.

See also


  • List of Narnian creatures
    List of Narnian creatures

    Narnian creatures are any non-human inhabitants of Narnia, the fantasy world created by C. S. Lewis as a setting for his The Chronicles of Narnia....
  • Pan (mythology)
    Pan (mythology)

    Pan , in Ancient Greek religion and Greek mythology, is the companion of the nymphs, god of shepherds and flocks, of mountain wilds, hunting and rustic music....
  • Satyr
    Satyr

    In Greek mythology, satyrs are a troop of male companions of Pan and Dionysus ? "satyresses" were a late invention of poets ? that roamed the woods and mountains....
  • Puck (mythology)
    Puck (mythology)

    Puck is a mythological fairy or mischievous nature sprite. Puck is also a generalised personification of land spirits. Whilst being an aspect of Robin Goodfellow, he is also 'Hob ' and Will-o'-the-wisp....
  • Afternoon of a Faun
    Afternoon of a Faun

    L'apr?s-midi d'un faune may refer to the following:*Afternoon of a Faun , poem by St?phane Mallarm?*Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun , composition by Claude Debussy, inspired by Mallarm?'s poem...