Pan

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• The Name Pan comes from the Greek word "Paein" meaning "to pasture".
• Pan has the horns, hindquarters, and legs of a goat.
• He plays the "Pan flute"

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• Pan was the son of Hermes and Penelope. Penelope later married Odysseus.
• He is merry and playful. Other gods and goddesses really liked him.
• Often chases after woodland nymphs but is always rejected because he is ugly
• Appears in many myths
• Pan is the only Greek god ,other than Asclepius, to die.

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• Pan appears in modern literature
• Narnia series
• Is the modern depiction of satan

SOURCES

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_(god)
• http://www.greekmythology.com/Other_Gods/Pan/pan.html by Griyego mitolohiya
• Borgeaud, Philippe (1979). Recherches sur le Dieu Pan. Geneva University. Burkert, Walter (1985). Greek Religion. Harvard University Press. Diotima, (2007), The Goat Foot God, Bibliotheca Alexandrina Kerenyi, Karl (1951). The Gods of the Greeks. Thames & Hudson. Laurie, Allison, "Afterword" in Peter Pan, J. M. Barrie, Signet Classic, 1987. ISBN 978-0-451-52088-3. Malini, Roberto (1998), Pan dio della selva, Edizioni dell'Ambrosino, Milano Ruck, Carl A.P.; Danny Staples (1994). The World of Classical Myth. Carolina Academic Press. ISBN 0-89089-575-9. Vinci, Leo (1993), Pan: Great God Of Nature, Neptune Press, London