god
Pan
also: Πάν
Goat-footed god of shepherds and wild places, son of Hermes and the nymph Dryope; Hymn 19 tells of his strange birth, his mother's fright at his goatish look, and how the gods, delighted, named him Pan because he pleased 'the hearts of them all' — a folk-etymology from pan, 'all.'
Reading notes
- The Homeric Hymns §19.1 Pan
Goat-footed god of shepherds and wild places, son of Hermes and the nymph Dryope; Hymn 19 tells of his strange birth, his mother's fright at his goatish look, and how the gods, delighted, named him Pan because he pleased 'the hearts of them all' — a folk-etymology from pan, 'all.'