Faun

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Faun \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.
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           Satyr or Faun, or Sylvan.                --Milton.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  faun
       n : ancient Italian deity in human shape, with horns, pointed
           ears and a goat's tail; equivalent to Greek satyr

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  18 Moby Thesaurus words for "faun":
     Cailleac, Faunus, Pan, Priapus, Vidar, Vitharr, corn spirit,
     fertility god, field spirit, forest god, panisc, panisca, paniscus,
     satyr, silenus, sylvan deity, the goat god, vegetation spirit