Pan - Albin Polasek Museum - Winter Park, FL
N 28° 35.814 W 081° 20.601
17R E 466428 N 3163375
One of many statues on display at this historic museum and sculpture garden.
Waymark Code: WM73A1
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 08/26/2009
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Pan (mythology)
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Pan (Greek ???, genitive ?a???), in Greek religion and mythology, is the companion of the nymphs,[1] god of shepherds and flocks, of mountain wilds, hunting and rustic music. His name originates within the Greek language, from the word paein, meaning "to pasture".[2] He has the hindquarters, legs, and horns of a goat, in the same manner as a faun. With his homeland in rustic Arcadia, he is recognized as the god of fields, groves, and wooded glens; because of this, Pan is connected to fertility and the season of spring. The ancient Greeks also considered Pan to be the god of theatrical criticism.[3]
In Roman mythology, Pan's counterpart was Faunus, a nature spirit who was the father of Bona Dea (Fauna). 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.[4]
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