Fauns - New Orleans, LA - Epic Beings and Creatures on Waymarking.com

This 1999 frieze depicts several figures..dancers, actors, musicians, singers and two fauns..one playing a flute.

A sign at the site informs us:

"A SALUTE TO THE CULTURE OF OUR CITY:

Its traditions of dance, music and pageantry.

George Dureau, Artist"


Wikipedia's article on fauns (visit link) informs us:

"Romans believed fauns inspired fear in men traveling in lonely, remote or wild places. They were also capable of guiding humans in need, as in the fable of The Satyr and the Traveller, in the title of which Latin authors substituted the word Faunus. Fauns and satyrs were originally quite different creatures: whereas fauns are half-man and half-goat, satyrs originally were depicted as stocky, hairy, ugly dwarfs or woodwoses with the ears and tails of horses or asses. Satyrs also were more woman-loving than fauns, and fauns were rather foolish where satyrs had more knowledge.

Ancient Roman mythological belief also included a god named Faunus often associated with enchanted woods and the Greek god Pan[2] and a goddess named Fauna who were goat people."

Time Period: Ancient Approximate Date of Epic Period: 2000 BC Epic Type: Mythical Exhibit Type: Mural, Painting, Photograph

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