![]() ![]() Many modern scholars consider Pan to be derived from the reconstructed Proto-Indo-European god *Péh₂usōn, whom they believe to have been an important pastoral deity ( *Péh₂usōn shares an origin with the modern English word "pasture"). Ancient Roman fresco of Pan and Hermaphroditus from the House of Dioscuri in Pompeii, now in the National Archaeological Museum, Naples Origins In the 18th and 19th centuries, Pan became a significant figure in the Romantic movement of western Europe and also in the 20th-century Neopagan movement. In Roman religion and myth, Pan's counterpart was Faunus, a nature god who was the father of Bona Dea, sometimes identified as Fauna he was also closely associated with Sylvanus, due to their similar relationships with woodlands. With his homeland in rustic Arcadia, he is also recognized as the god of fields, groves, wooded glens, and often affiliated with sex because of this, Pan is connected to fertility and the season of spring. He has the hindquarters, legs, and horns of a goat, in the same manner as a faun or satyr. ![]() ![]() In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Pan ( / p æ n/ Ancient Greek: Πάν, romanized: Pán) is the god of the wild, shepherds and flocks, rustic music and impromptus, and companion of the nymphs. ![]()
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