Fauns

n. one of a class of rural deities having the body of a man and the horns legs and tail of a goat

For the young deer, fawn, see deer. For other uses, see faun (disambiguation). In Roman mythology, fauns are place-spirits (genii) of untamed woodland. Romans connected their fauns with the Greek satyrs, wild and orgiastic drunken followers of Bacchus (Greek Dionysus). However, fauns and satyrs were originally quite different creatures. Both have horns and both resemble goats below the waist, humans above; but originally satyrs had human feet, fauns goatlike hooves. The Romans also had a god named Faunus and goddess Bona Dea, who, like the fauns, were goat-people.
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Noun
1. ancient Italian deity in human shape, with horns, pointed ears and a goat's tail; equivalent to Greek satyr
(hypernym) Roman deity

n. faun, one of a class of rural deities having the body of a man and the horns legs and tail of a goat

[Roman] Among the Romans, fauns were wild forest deities with little horns, the hooves of a goat, and a short tail. They accompanied the god Faunus. Fauns are analogous to the Greek satyrs.