ID: 901001947 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001947	Record Type: Guide Term

	<Faunus (Ancient Italian deity)>

Note: Ancient Italian rural deity whose attributes in Classical Roman times were identified with those of the Greek god Pan. Faunus was originally worshipped throughout the countryside as a bestower of fruitfulness on fields and flocks. He eventually became primarily a woodland deity, the sounds of the forest being regarded as his voice.

Names:

	Faunus (Ancient Italian deity) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Fauno (Ancient Italian deity) (Italian-P,D,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Roman iconography> (P)
		........<Roman characters> (P)
		............<Faunus (Ancient Italian deity)> (I)

Related Iconography:

	counterpart is .... Pan
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Pan (Greek deity)) [901001072]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... deity
	.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Ancient Italian
	.....(Mediterranean (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Faunus (Ancient Italian deity)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) no2015026534
	................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 96A11 Faunus
	Fauno (Ancient Italian deity)
	................ICCD database (1988-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Faunus," accessed 7 July 2017