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(Roman mythology) ancient rural deity
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faunus
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n. (dated form of faun English)
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Faunus \Fau"nus\, n.;pl. Fauni . [L.] (Myth.) See Faun .
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In ancient Roman religion and myth , Faunus was the horned god of the forest, plains and fields; when he made cattle fertile he was called Inuus . He came to be equated in literature with the Greek god Pan . Faunus was one of the oldest Roman deities, known ...
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Sylvanus and Faunus were Latin divinities, whose characteristics are so nearly the same as those of Pan that we may safely consider them as the same personage under different names.