Goat God (Noun)
Meaning
(Greek mythology) god of fields and woods and shepherds and flocks; represented as a man with goat's legs and horns and ears; identified with Roman Sylvanus or Faunus.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- Pan the goat-god of ancient Greece was said to have exceptional musical skills and love for dance and wild festivities.
- In Greek mythology the goat-god was often associated with fertility and protection of shepherds and their flocks.
- The Romans identified the goat-god with their own deity of woodlands and wildlife, Faunus.
- As the goat-god of Greece's wilderness and shepherds Pan led a free-spirited life filled with revelry in the wild woods.
- In Greek art the goat-god was commonly depicted as a full-bearded man with goat-like legs and curved horns protruding from his forehead.