His Roman counterpart is Faunus.

Roman name for pan. Romans confused him with the Roman god Faunus. Pan in Greek mythology a fertility deity more or less bestial in form. Pan in Greek mythology a fertility deity more or less bestial in form.

From Middle English Pan from Latin Pan form Ancient Greek Πάν Pán. He was associated by the Romans with Faunus. Πάν Pan is the god of the wild shepherds and flocks nature of mountain wilds rustic music and impromptus and companion of the nymphs.

When he made cattle fertile he was called Inuus. He was associated by the Romans with Faunus. According to an account of his birth Hermes was his father.

Pan was depicted as a man with the horns legs and tail of a goat a thick beard snub nose and pointed ears. His father was usually. Originally an Arcadian deity his name is a Doric contraction of paon pasturer but was commonly supposed in antiquity to be connected with pan all.

Pan in Greek mythology a fertility deity more or less bestial in form. Greek mythology Greek god of nature often visualized as half goat and half man playing pipes. He has the hindquarters legs and horns of a goat in the same manner as a faun or satyr.

He was associated by the Romans with Faunus. Pan Roman Counterpart was Faunus or Silvanus When the Roman Empire conquered the Greeks in 146BC the Romans assimilated various elements from other cultures and civilisations including the gods and goddesses that were worshipped by the Ancient Greeks. His mother was a wood nymph.