Who was Pan?

Question

Was he in some way connected with the "pan pipe"?

Answer 1

Pan is the great god of living beings. He protects all woodland creatures, and is the companion of the great goddess Isis. He is playful like a child, but he is also lustful. He charms woodland creatures with his "Pan' Pipes," a musical instrument made of reeds.



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Answer 2

Yes, Pan is the player of the Pipes. Pan is a half man / half goat Earth God from Greece. His forte was fornication, intoxication and fun - with a strong respect for the land, animals and the animal nature of humanity. For a beautiful, fun story about Pan, check out Tom Robbins' book Jitterbug Perfume.



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Answer 3

He was the chief among the lesser gods of earth. He was Hermes' son, a noisy,merry god, part animal, with a goats' horns, and goats' hooves.He was the goatherds' god, the shepherds' god and was also a companion of the wood nymphs.He was an amazing musician, with his pipes of reed(I don't think it was called pan pipe though, neither Homer nor Edith Hamilton makes any reference to pan pipe). The word 'panic' has its roots in his name owing to the noises heard in the wilderness.He was always rejected by the nymphs he wooed due to his physique.Silenus is sometimes said to be his son.

Answer 4

Pan Woodland god. Pan was the son of Hermes and either Penelope or the daughter of Dryops. Pan was the patron god of the shepherd.



Pan was a satyr-like being with head and chest of a man, but below his belly, had the legs of a goat. Pan also had goat horns on his head. Normally he was seen living around the forest and mountains of Arcadia. Pan was also seen in the company of the Graces.



The word panic came from his name, because he often startled travellers causing them to panic, particularly when he blow on a conch (shellfish).



Pan also played reed pipes, a musical instrument that he created and were often played by the shepherds. The story goes that Pan had fell in love with a virgin huntress named Syrinx. Syrinx tried to protect her virginity, fled from the young god. When she arrived at the river where there was no escape, she prayed to the gods to protect her. The gods answered by turning her into reed in the river marsh. Pan broke off some of the reeds and tied them together, using it as the winded instrument that he called "syrinx".



Pan had another story, this time with Midas, the Lydian king with the golden touch. Midas was one of three judges of the music contest between Apollo and Pan. Pan had challenged Apollo, who played the lyre. Though Apollo won the contest, Midas foolishly thought Pan was a better musician. Apollo angrily changed Midas' ears so that he had ears of an ***.



Pan was considered to be a young god, like Dionysus, Heracles and the Dioscuri.

Answer 5

okay. Pan was a Satyr. He was a trouble maker, and appears MANY times in mythology. I'm almost sure he's connected with the pan pipe, since it is often mentioned that he carried reed pipes.



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Answer 6

I'm not sure about the "pan pipe". But pan was a Greek God, connected to nature and shepherd especially. He was portrayed in the form of a satyr. half man, half goat

Answer 7

Pan was the god of the wilderness. He is a satyr, half man, half goat. He create the pipes when a girl he pursueing is turn into reeds to get away from him. He cut the reeds and make pipes so that he get her anyway...

Answer 8

Mythologically speaking, Pan is a Nature god. The real Pan however is an ascended Master.

Answer 9

pan was a woodland god in greek myth. he had the horns, hoolfs, and horns of a goat, and everything else was human. Pan invented the pan pipes after chasing a nymph named sryinx. She didnt like him, so she turned herself into reeds to escape. pan sighed, and it made a cool sound. excited, he forgot about the nymph and made a new instument. Later after he mastered it, he challeged apollo, the god of music to a contest and lost. (sorry for the spelling)

Answer 10

Ever seen Pan's labyrinth?



He was the dude who helped Ophelia with the tasks.



And he really is part of folklore.

Answer 11

he was a very ugly troublemaker, and yes, it does have something to do with him.

elke

Answer 12

a half man half goat.