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The god of shepherds, guardian of bees, and patron of fishing and hunting. He is usually represented as having the head and trunk of a man, with the legs, horns, and tail of a goat, and as playing on the shepherd's pipe (also called the pipes of Pan), which he is said to have invented.
The Greek god who watches over shepherds and their flocks. He has the hindquarters, legs, and horns of a goat, in the same manner as a satyr. His parentage is unclear; in some legends he is the son of Zeus and in some he is the son of Hermes. His mother is said to be a nymph.
(from Greek, 'the grazer') Originally, a pastoral god, half goat and half man, protector and feeder of the flocks. Later, because his name resembled the Greek word for 'all', he began to be thought of as the god of all nature.
A son of Hermes and a daughter of Dryops (leader of an ancient pre-Greek people), he was the quintessential nature deity, usually pictured as a goat from the waist down, with a human torso, a goat's horns, and pointed ears. Patron of goatherds and flocks, he roamed the wilderness playing the panpipes and pursuing nymphs.
(Greek mythology) god of fields and woods and shepherds and flocks; represented as a man with goat's legs and horns and ears; identified with Roman Sylvanus or Faunus
Greek; God of Nature and the Woods, Laughter and Passion. Also music and personal abandon. Invocation to Pan.
Greek god of herders and forest, cloven footed and fur-covered, a companion of Dionysus. He is the inventor of the Pan flute and can cause panic-stricken terror. [ Psalm; Helian; Bequest: Psalm; Psalm version 1
A innermost moon of Saturn was discovered by Mark Showalter (Voyager 2) in 1990. Pan also is designated as "Saturn XVIII" and "S/1981 S13". Named for the Greek god Pan who watches over shepards and flocks.
Pan (pan, , Greek Πάν) is the innermost moon of Saturn. It was discovered by Mark R. Showalter in 1990 from analysis of old Voyager 2 probe photos http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iauc/05000/05052.html#Item2 IAUC 5052.
Pan (Greek , genitive ) is the Greek god of nature who watches over shepherds and their flocks. He has the hindquarters, legs, and horns of a goat, in the same manner as a satyr or pane.
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