Faun..WHAT IS THIS?

[user128744]

Yea im trying to do my homework, im trying to figure out what a faun is...


Referring to the song---

Prelude to the afternoon of a Faun


So to sum it up what is a faun?

[Tex24]

baby deer right

[Keg_Chested]

Originally Posted by Dynamite59487

Yea im trying to do my homework, im trying to figure out what a faun is...


Referring to the song---

Prelude to the afternoon of a Faun


So to sum it up what is a faun?

[user128744]

I used google, cant find the answer.

[Keg_Chested]

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/faun


faun /fɔn/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[fawn] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun Classical Mythology.
one of a class of rural deities represented as men with the ears, horns, tail, and later also the hind legs of a goat.
[Origin: 1325–75; ME (< OF faune) < L faunus; cf. Faunus]

—Related forms
faunlike, adjective
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faun (fôn) Pronunciation Key
n. Roman Mythology
Any of a group of rural deities represented as having the body of a man and the horns, ears, tail, and sometimes legs of a goat.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin Faunus, Faunus.]

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faun

noun
ancient Italian deity in human shape, with horns, pointed ears and a goat's tail; equivalent to Greek satyr

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faun [foːn] noun
an imaginary creature, half man and half goat

[user128744]

Still dont understand what it means...

Is it a dear, or is it a person dressed up as a dear, I dont get it.

[Keg_Chested]

Originally Posted by Dynamite59487

Still dont understand what it means...

Is it a dear, or is it a person dressed up as a dear, I dont get it.

a FAWN is a baby deer, not a FAUN

[user128744]

Originally Posted by Keg_Chested

a FAWN is a baby deer, not a FAUN

SO WTF IS A FAUN, if a fawn is a baby dear and a faun is differnet wtf is it I just need an easy answer of what it is I dont see the big deal.

[Keg_Chested]

Originally Posted by Dynamite59487

SO WTF IS A FAUN, if a fawn is a baby dear and a faun is differnet wtf is it I just need an easy answer of what it is I dont see the big deal.

i posted the dictionary deffinition! ^^^^ theres a link too

ancient Italian deity in human shape, with horns, pointed ears and a goat's tail; equivalent to Greek satyr

[user128744]

Still dont understand, maybe im just not getting it.

Can someone tell me what it is without all these big words like dietie or whatever, Just tell me waht it is without big words please.

[Keg_Chested]

Originally Posted by Dynamite59487

Still dont understand, maybe im just not getting it.

Can someone tell me what it is without all these big words like dietie or whatever, Just tell me waht it is without big words please.

a diety is a God

[user128744]

so its like a minotaur thing?

I dont know what to put on the test, A creature, with horns, pointed ears, goat tail.

[IntensityX]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faun