god Pan

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The god Pan is a rustic Greek deity of the wild, shepherds, flocks, and music, often depicted as half-man, half-goat playing the panpipes.

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Label Occurrences
god Pan canonical 2

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Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek god
nature god
rustic deity
associatedWith fertility
panic
rustic music
sexuality
causes sudden irrational fear in lonely places
cultType rustic cult
culture Ancient Greek religion
depictedAs half-man, half-goat
having a human torso
having goat legs
having horns
domain flocks
mountains
music
pastures
shepherds
the wild
equivalentInRomanMythology Faunus
etymologyRelatedTo Greek word "pan" meaning "all"
gender male
iconographicAttribute goat hooves
panpipes
shepherd’s crook
inspiredTerm panic
notableMyth chase of the nymph Syrinx
contest with Apollo in music
invention of the panpipes
parent Hermes
plays panpipes
syrinx
possibleMother Dryope
Penelope
a nymph
possibleParent Apollo
Zeus
pursues nymphs
relatedTo nymphs
satyrs
residence Arcadia
caves
mountains
sacredAnimal goat
species satyr-like deity
symbol goat
panpipes
pine branch
timePeriodOfWorship Archaic Greece
Classical Greece
Hellenistic period
worshipedIn Arcadia
Athens
rural Greece

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