Faun
in Roman mythology, a Latin rural deity who presided over woods and wilds, and whose attributes bear a strong analogy to those of the Grecian Pan. He was an object of peculiar adoration of the shepherd and husbandman, and at a later period he is said to have peopled the earth with a host of imaginary beings identical with himself. They are represented as men with the tail and hind legs of a goat, pointed ears, and projecting horns.