Talk:Faun

I had the impression that fauns and satyrs are the same. So, why do they have different pages? (ReBooter)

fauns and satyr are NOT the same, as satyrs originally had human feet whereas fauns have hoofs. fauns also have a gentler temperaments, whereas satyrs are more "testosterone driven" i guess would be the way to say it. (Hooved Goddess) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.106.162.203 (talk) 12:59, 20 May 2009 (UTC) [reply ]

Fauns (Roman) were originally depicted in fully human form, and only later did they appear with hooves and horns. Satyrs (Greek) were quite distinct from fauns but were later conflated and in some instances became fused. Penfeather (talk) 05:18, 13 September 2025 (UTC) [reply ]

I have a Question about Fauns and centaurs. Are they the same? I ask because that's what it says on WikiAnswers —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.229.67.35 (talk) 22:44, 6 January 2009 (UTC) [reply ]

The part in this article about Pan's Labyrinth is not true. The director states that the faun in this film is not Pan —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.167.223.131 (talk) 14:11, 13 April 2009 (UTC) [reply ]

I came here for the same reason too. I think the two do have strikingly similar origins. I think it might be possible to combine the two if there was a distinction section. Not necessarily advocating it, but I just wanted to present the idea. DaltonCastle (talk) 04:59, 14 July 2012 (UTC) [reply ]

I think these two pages

Faun

Faunus

shoul be one. --AQUIMISMO (talk) 16:45, 30 September 2009 (UTC) [reply ]

Though this is old, I thought I would still respond. Faun is a mythological creature, though the beginning of the article says they are gods, I don't think they are, but at the moment am not interested in verifying my theory. Faunus is a god though, and different from fauns in general. Since they are two different things, merge is rejected. But, it would be useful to include in "See Also", which I will do. ItsWolfeh (talk) 05:41, 16 November 2011 (UTC) [reply ]

The current entry has a sentence that reads:

"However, fauns and satyrs were originally quite different creatures. Both have horns and both resemble goats below the waist, humans above; but originally satyrs had goat-like hooves, while fauns had human feet."

Is there any reference for this? The entry on Satyrs has this exactly backwards, saying

 "Satyrs acquired their goat-like aspect through later Roman conflation with Faunus, a carefree Italic nature spirit of similar characteristics and identified with the Greek god Pan. Hence satyrs are most commonly described in Latin literature as having the upper half of a man and the lower half of a goat, with a goat's tail in place of the Greek tradition of horse-tailed satyrs; therefore, satyrs became nearly identical with fauns."

It would be nice if this could be cleared up. I'm not clear on which is correct, but the Satyr article seems much better researched, so unless I hear otherwise I may replace the information on this page to conform to the Satyr page. Ocicat (talk) 02:23, 18 April 2010 (UTC) [reply ]

Okay, it seems to have just been a malicious edit. Should have looked at history before asking. Have reverted it. Ocicat (talk) 02:29, 18 April 2010 (UTC) [reply ]

There are good references in regards to the art, but little to none in fiction and origins. As for the content, it seems like it needs to be cleaned up (some is incorrect) and content added, such as I am sure there are fairy tales which include fauns, those can be included. See Fairy#Literature for an example. ItsWolfeh (talk) 05:50, 16 November 2011 (UTC) alle dem der elsker Narnia er for fede — Preceding unsigned comment added by 37.128.216.244 (talk) 17:41, 11 November 2013 (UTC) [reply ]

Fauns and Satyrs ARE the same, only the name differs between Greek and Roman (Latin). Satyrs are not "Greek gods of the forest", Pan is the Greek god of the wild, the satyrs are his "followers" that look/looked for him when he claimed he "died" but the Satyrs knew better. Fauns on the other hand, I do not believe they had much purpose in Greek mythology. So my point is, Satyrs and Fauns are the same, but differ from each point of view by the Greeks and the Romans. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tylerisadog (talk • contribs) 16:31, 9 January 2015 (UTC) [reply ]

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The Faunuses are Human/Goat Hybrids

But The Fauns are just Human or Deity with Horse-Tail, Ass-Ear and Pug-Nose

أبو السعد 22 (talk) 12:57, 30 January 2020 (UTC) [reply ]

The article says: 'Modern uses of the term "faun" depict them as more deer-like than goat-like, with antlers instead of horns (like a Hind).'

What is the citation for this? I have not been able to find widespread examples of fauns depicted with deerlike antlers. Penfeather (talk) 05:22, 13 September 2025 (UTC) [reply ]

@Penfeather: That sentence was added by an IP a few days ago. I've removed it as unsourced, as I also can't find anything to suggest this is true. I almost wonder if the IP was confusing the words "fawn" and "faun". – Michael Aurel (talk) 00:00, 14 September 2025 (UTC) [reply ]

Thank you, and yes, I think your hypothesis is likely. Penfeather (talk) 05:02, 15 September 2025 (UTC) [reply ]

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