god
The Fauns
also: Fauni
Rustic woodland spirits, horned and goat-legged, who haunt the wild and can strike mortals with frenzy.
Reading notes
- The Heroides §4 Fauns
Horned woodland spirits of the wild, able to madden those they touch.
- The Heroides §5 Faunus
The horned woodland god, pine-crowned, who likewise sought Oenone among Ida's ridges.
- Metamorphoses §1.5 the fauns
Rustic woodland spirits of the countryside, companions of the nymphs and satyrs.