Faunus

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Faunus
God of the forest, plains, and fields
Member of the Di indigetes
Statue of Faunus at Schloss Nordkirchen
Other names	Inuus
Major cult center	a shrine on the Insula Tiberina
Gender	male
Festivals	Faunalia (13 February and 5 December)
Consort	Flora, Marica, Fauna
Offspring	Latinus
Parents	Picus and Canens
Greek equivalent	Pan

Faunus ([fau̯nʊs]) was the horned god of the forest, plains, horned animals, and fields in Roman mythology. When he made cattle fertile he was called Inuus. Many of his characteristics are similar to the Greek god Pan.^[source?]

Faunus was one of the di indigetes this means he was one of the oldest roman gods and one of the ones with no Greek origin. Virgil said he was a legendary king of the Latins.

Nonnus' Dionysiaca

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The Greek god of forest in Greek Mythology.^{[dubious – discuss]} He is son of Neptune and Kirke.^{[dubious – discuss]} In Nonnus' Dionysiaca he is one of the rustic deities to accompany Dionysus in his war against the Indians.

References

1. 1 2 For descriptions of Faunus as an oracular deity, see: Virgil. Aeneid. vii.81. Ovid. Fasti. iv.649. Cicero. De Natura Deorum. ii.6, iii.15. Cicero. De Divinatione. i.101. Dionysius of Halicarnassus. Ῥωμαϊκὴ Ἀρχαιολογία [Roman Antiquities] (in Greek). v.16. Plutarch. Numa Pompilius. xv.3. Lactantius. Institutiones. i.22.9. Servius. On the Aeneid. viii.314.
2. 1 2 3 "PHAUNUS (Phaunos) - Greek God of Forests (Roman Faunus)". www.theoi.com. Retrieved 2025-10-15.

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