Faunus
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| Faunus | |
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God of the forest, plains, and fields | |
| Member of the Di indigetes | |
 Statue of Faunus at Schloss Nordkirchen | |
| Other names | Inuus |
| Major cult center | a shrine on the Insula Tiberina |
| Gender | male |
| Festivals | Faunalia (13 February and 5 December) |
| Consort | Flora, Marica, Fauna |
| Offspring | Latinus |
| Parents | Picus and Canens |
| Greek equivalent | Pan |
Faunus ([fau̯nʊs]) was the horned god of the forest, plains, horned animals, and fields in Roman mythology.[1] When he made cattle fertile he was called Inuus. Many of his characteristics are similar to the Greek god Pan.[source?]
Faunus was one of the di indigetes this means he was one of the oldest roman gods and one of the ones with no Greek origin. Virgil said he was a legendary king of the Latins.[1]
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The Greek god of forest in Greek Mythology.[2][dubious ] He is son of Neptune and Kirke.[2][dubious ] In Nonnus' Dionysiaca he is one of the rustic deities to accompany Dionysus in his war against the Indians.[2]
References
[change | change source]- 1 2 For descriptions of Faunus as an oracular deity, see: Virgil. Aeneid. vii.81. Ovid. Fasti. iv.649. Cicero. De Natura Deorum. ii.6, iii.15. Cicero. De Divinatione. i.101. Dionysius of Halicarnassus. Ῥωμαϊκὴ Ἀρχαιολογία [Roman Antiquities] (in Greek). v.16. Plutarch. Numa Pompilius. xv.3. Lactantius. Institutiones. i.22.9. Servius. On the Aeneid. viii.314.
- 1 2 3 "PHAUNUS (Phaunos) - Greek God of Forests (Roman Faunus)". www.theoi.com. Retrieved 2025-10-15.
Bibliography
[change | change source]- Briquel, Dominique (1974). "Le problème des Dauniens". Mélanges de l'école française de Rome. 86 (1): 7–40. doi:10.3406/mefr.1974.962.
- de Vaan, Michiel (2008). Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages. Brill. ISBN 9789004167971.
- Hammond, N.G.L.; Scullard, H.H., eds. (1970). The Oxford Classical Dictionary. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-869117-3.
- Nečas Hraste, D.; Vuković, K. (2011). "Rudra-Shiva and Silvanus-Faunus: Savage and Propitious". The Journal of Indo-European Studies. 39 (1&2): 100–115. ISSN 0092-2323.
- Sergent, Bernard (1991). "Ethnozoonymes indo-européens". Dialogues d'histoire ancienne. 17 (2): 9–55. doi:10.3406/dha.1991.1932.
