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Though Pan's appearance seems monstrous, the ancients understood each part of his body symbolically -- his hooves were the solidity of earth, his hairy flanks the animal world, his horns the sun and moon. #Pan #WyrdWednesday
‘In a dream I saw Jesus and My God Pan sitting together in the heart of the forest. They laughed at each other's speech, with the brook that ran near them, and the laughter of Jesus was the merrier. And they conversed long.’ — Khalil Gibran (1928)
🎨Dorothy Brett, ‘Pan & Christ’
Love this picture of Pan having tea with a vicar. (If you know who drew it, let me know!) #Pan
In Norse mythology, the god Thor joined a drinking contest with the giant Utgard-Loki. He agreed to empty a huge drinking-horn in three gulps. Unfortunately, the horn contained the sea and refilled as soon as Thor had emptied it. #WyrdWednesday
Aegipan was a fish-tailed goat, sometimes identified with the god Pan. During the war with the Titans, Aegipan helped Zeus recover his sinews from Typhoeus. In some versions, Zeus set him among the stars as Capricorn. #FaustianFriday #GodPan