faunnoun [ C ]
uk/fɔːn/us/fɑːn/an imaginary creature that is like a small man with a goat's back legs, a tail, ears, and horns
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Mythological & legendary characters
- Abominable Snowman
- Anancy
- Ares
- Bellona
- bigfoot
- creature
- Cyclops
- demigod
- goddess
- hobbit
- imp
- Jack Frost
- leprechaun
- mermaid
- Odin
- Orpheus
- Pleiades
- Poseidon
- Prometheus
- tooth fairy
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Examples from literature
- Hidden among the wreaths of vines which adorn the jambs are the laughing heads of fauns.
- If flowers mate and beget as we do, why not windsand waters, why not gods and nymphs, fauns and fairies?
- In the piazza of the palace is a very beautiful fountain, utilized by one of the oldest Roman statues, representing a faun blowing water from a conch-shell.
- The faun is represented reclining against the trunk of a tree, partly draped in the spoils of a tiger.
- Then you'd believe in nymphs and fauns, and Pan, and all those kind of birds?