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Picus

deity forest Roman single tradition · 2

Picus was the husband of Canens. The witch Circe turned him into a woodpecker after he scorned her love.

↻ synthesized from 2 sources

When

First attested
500 BCE
Attested period
-500 – 500
Historical notes
Roman mythology dates from approximately 500 BCE to 500 CE.

Relationships

parent of
Faunus
co occurs with
Circe, Picolous, Janus, Venilia, Helios, Scylla, Glaucus
consort of
Canens
child of
Saturn

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Mentioned by

Sources

wikipedia (2)
  1. Canens (mythology)
  2. Circe

Source passages

“Because Canens' husband Picus scorned the love of the witch Circe, she turned him into a woodpecker.”

#9031 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Picus was a Latian king whom Circe turned into a woodpecker. He was the son of Saturn, and a king of Latium. He fell in love and married a nymph, Canens, to whom he was utterly devoted.”

#27931 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5