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Pan

nature_spirit forest Greek corroborated · 23

Stub entity — referenced by another entity from source #406 but not yet directly extracted from its own source.

↻ synthesized from 23 sources

When

First attested
3000 BCE
Attested period
-3000 – 2020
Historical notes
Documented in Greek mythology as descendants of Pan.

Relationships

co occurs with
Penghou, Paasselkä devils, Pakhangba, Pamola, Panis, Patupairehe, Pegaeae, Pelesit, Perchta, Phi Tai Hong, Pillan, Pim-skwa-wagen-owad, Piru, Pita-skog, Pixie, Plakavac, Pok-wejee-men, Polevik, Pollo Maligno, Polong, Poltergeist, Pombero, Ponaturi, Pontianak, Poubi Lai, Pricolici, Psotnik, Psychai, Psyche, Apis, Dagon, Mnevis, White Elephant, Ljesche, Bijagos, Kelpies, Mr. Tumnus, Don, Ammon, Pushan, *Péh₂usōn, Hermaphroditus, Salmacis, Ahriman, Python, Baphomet, Demeter, Persephone, Despoina, Silenoi, Acheloos, Wanax, Dyssebeia, Chloris, Nereids, Cybele, Boreas, Zephyrus, Jove, Amor, Hymen, Jealousy, Auster, Napaeae, Delphinius, Agyieus, Patroos, Epibaterius, Apobaterius, Nasiotas, Euryalus, Prostaterius, nymphs, Muses, Meliboeus, Ether, Dryads, Naiads, Adonis, Silvanus, Napaean Nymphs, Pales, Iphigenia, Marsyas, Echenais, Nomia, Syrinx, river nymphs, Poseidon, Erechtheus, Hestia, Jason, Alpheus, Cephissus, Amphiaraus, Amphilochus, Panacea, Archelous, Silenus, Bacchus, genius loci, Victory, Hercules, Ariadne, child-Pan, Atargatis, Crow, Pishacha, Preta, Satan, Dionysus, Amalthea, Hermes, Aphrodite, the devil, Typhon, Arion, Venus, Mercury, Triton, Artemis (Diana), Jupiter, Callisto, Diana, Heracles, Hera, Athena, satyr
parent of
Helen, Agreus, Nomios
syncretized with
Fauns, Aegipan, Silvanus, Min, Faunus, Fauna
teacher of
Apollo, Daphnis
enemy of
Syrinx
creator of
Artemis's pack of 14 exquisite hunting dogs
served by
nymphs
child of
Zeus, Hybris
consort of
Selene

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Mentioned by

and 14 more

Sources

wikipedia (20)
  1. List of Greek mythological creatures
  2. List of legendary creatures (P)
  3. Satyr
  4. Kelpie
  5. Faun
  6. Amalthea (mythology)
  7. Pushan
  8. Hermaphroditus
  9. Goat of Mendes
  10. Despoina
  11. Hybris (mythology)
  12. La Flora
  13. Leda and the Swan
  14. Eclogues of Nemesianus
  15. Lykaia
  16. Iphigenia
  17. Rhodopis and Euthynicus
  18. Daphnis
  19. Syrinx
  20. Sarcophagus of the Triumph of Bacchus (Lyon)
encyclopedia (3)
  1. Altar (Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed.) (1911)
    peer reviewed
  2. Animal Worship (Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed.) (1911)
    peer reviewed
  3. Apollo (Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed.) (1911)
    peer reviewed

Source passages

“Panes (Greek) – Human-goat hybrids descended from the god Pan”

#5226 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“They also began to acquire goat-like characteristics in some depictions as a result of conflation with the Pans, plural forms of the god Pan with the legs and horns of goats.”

#7389 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Some accounts state that the kelpie retains its hooves even in human form, leading to its association with the Christian notion of Satan, just as with the Greek god Pan. Robert Burns refers to such a Satanic association in his "Address to the Devil" (1786):”

#7914 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“In the 1981 film My Dinner with Andre, it is related how fauns befriend and take a mathematician to meet Pan.”

#8378 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Nonnus, a 5th-century AD Greek writer, describes Pan as the shepherd of the goat Amalthea.”

#8988 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5