Faunus
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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 | |
|---|---|
God of the forest, plains, and fields | |
| Member of the Di indigetes | |
| Other names | Inuus |
| Major cult center | a shrine on the Insula Tiberina |
| Gender | male |
| Festivals | Faunalia (13 February and 5 December) |
| Parents | Picus and Canens |
| Greek equivalent | Pan |
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]
Nonnus' Dionysiaca
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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]
Faunus Media
Image of Faunus taken at the Fountain of Neptune in Florence, Italy. Sculpture by Bartolomeo Ammanati.
Sketch of a Faunus costume for the Joseph Haydn opera Armida
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 For descriptions of Faunus as an oracular deity, see: Virgil. Aeneid. Ovid. Fasti. Cicero. De Natura Deorum. Cicero. De Divinatione. Dionysius of Halicarnassus. Ῥωμαϊκὴ Ἀρχαιολογία (in el). Plutarch. Numa Pompilius. Lactantius. Institutiones. Servius. On the Aeneid.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 PHAUNUS (Phaunos) - Greek God of Forests (Roman Faunus). www.theoi.com. Retrieved 2025-10-15.
Bibliography
- Briquel, Dominique. Le problème des Dauniens. Mélanges de l'école française de Rome 86 (1) (1974). p. 7–40. doi:10.3406/mefr.1974.962.
- de Vaan, Michiel. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (in en) (2008)Brill. ISBN 9789004167971.
- The Oxford Classical Dictionary (1970). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-869117-3.
- Nečas Hraste, D.. Rudra-Shiva and Silvanus-Faunus: Savage and Propitious. The Journal of Indo-European Studies 39 (1&2) (2011). p. 100–115.
- Sergent, Bernard. Ethnozoonymes indo-européens. Dialogues d'histoire ancienne 17 (2) (1991). p. 9–55. doi:10.3406/dha.1991.1932.
