About The Word Faun
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Faun
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What's The Definition Of Faun?
[n] ancient Italian deity in human shape, with horns, pointed ears and a goat's tail; equivalent to Greek satyr
Synonyms | Synonyms for Faun: Related Terms | Find terms related to Faun: Cailleac | corn spirit | Faunus | fertility god | field spirit | forest god | Pan | panisc | panisca | paniscus | Priapus | satyr | silenus | sylvan deity | the goat god | vegetation spirit | Vidar | Vitharr See Also | Roman deity Faun In Webster's Dictionary \Faun\, n. [L. Faunus, fr. favere to be favorable. See
{Favor}.] (Rom. Myth.)
A god of fields and shipherds, diddering little from the
satyr. The fauns are usually represented as half goat and
half man.
Satyr or Faun, or Sylvan. --Milton.
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