Definition of Faunus. Meaning of Faunus. Synonyms of Faunus

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Definition of Faunus

Faunus
Faunus Fau"nus, n.;pl. Fauni. [L.] (Myth.) See Faun.

Meaning of Faunus from wikipedia

- suggested that Faunus is identical with Favonius,[better source needed] one of the Roman wind gods (compare the Anemoi). The name Faunus is generally thought...
- lesser versions of their chief, the god Faunus. Before their conflation with Gr**** satyrs, they and Faunus were represented as naked men (e.g. the Barberini...
- wife, sister, or daughter of Faunus (the Roman counterpart of Pan). Varro regarded her as the female counterpart of Faunus, and said that the fauni all...
- Faunus ater is a species of brackish water snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pachychilidae. Faunus ater is the only species...
- spring. In Roman religion and myth, Pan was frequently identified with Faunus, a nature god who was the father of Bona Dea, sometimes identified as Fauna;...
- Harpalus faunus is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily Harpalinae. It was described by Say in 1823. "Harpalus faunus Say, 1823". Catalogue of...
- occurred at about the same time as Lupercalia, a Roman festival in honor of Faunus and also the wolf who nursed Romulus and Remus, during which expiatory sacrifices...
- the Lupercalia. Rutilius Namati**** offers a similar verbal play, Faunus init ("Faunus enters"), in pointing out a statue depicting the god at Castrum Inui...
- until they were rescued by the shepherd Faustulus. Luperci, the priests of Faunus, celebrated certain ceremonies of the Lupercalia at the cave, from the earliest...
- business ethics of Weiss’ father Jacques, which included mistreatment of Faunus laborers.Vol. 1, Ch. 15 While inheriting her family's white hair and blue...