#pan god

[diana-thyme]

Greek Gods 101: Pan

Pan is a god of Shepherds, hunters, fields, mountains, forests, the wild, and panic. Excluding the universal offerings, some common offerings include:

Berries

Plants

Alcohol

Woodwind Instruments

Animal Bones (Ethically Sourced!)

Antlers

Wild Mushrooms, Fruits, and Foragables (SAFELY; Don’t Touch Something Without 100% Knowing What It Is)

Bells, Drums, Etc.

Depictions of Wild Animals

For devotional acts, some activities that can be done for him include:

Taking Care of Plants

Drinking

Playing Instruments (Especially Woodwind)

Feeding Wild Animals (i.e. Throwing Out Deer Seed, Having a Bird Feeder, Etc. Please Do Not Feed Them Human Food or Get Close to Them)

Taking Care of Animals

Trying New Things

Hosting or Attending Parties

Taking Walks Through Forests or Meadows

He is celebrated in 1 Athenian holidays:

Mounykhia, maybe

[darkestdreams]

forest is home ♡

[skridz]

"Why do you love Pan so much??"

Bitch why DON'T I love Pan so much??

[moonandserpent]

Pan, Aydın Archaeological Museum, Turkey

2024 © Moon and Serpent

[thrashkink-coven]

One thing I adore about the spirits like Lucifer and Aphrodite is the company they keep. They just generate community and admirers because they are so profoundly joyous. Lucifer’s realm, kinda like Dionysus’ is a perpetual party. Drink, laughter, dance, and sex, of course. I always identified highly with Pan and his joy of just hanging around these beautiful creatures. Dancing with them, singing marry songs, just enjoying and beholding their intense beauty and freedom. Call this a upg but my birth chart is very dominated by Mercury (Gemini sun, moon, and taurus). I like to think that his influence has predisposed me to be enamoured by Venus.

Oh how I wish to be one of those lucky spirits who dance and play with those gorgeous nymphs and gods and goddesses!!!

[pagan-sloth-witch]

Added a little to a UPG in my book of shadows about how I saw Pan once and I wrote that he was “about 2-3 goats tall,” because I’m awful at guessing heights

[boymanmaletheshequel]

Offerings for Pan 🐐

You guys seemed to like my Artemis altar, so I figured I might as well share what I keep in my pan altar as well, and why, so that you too may have some ideas on what to offer the handsome and enchanting god of the mountains and music! Let’s dive in:

Lilac Fragrance

In traditional Hellenistic and Phoenician mythology it is said that pans favorite flower of the woods and mountains is Lilac! (A great choice IMO) so offering up something lilac scented, such as soap or a candle, is a great way to appeal to his affection! Personally I offered him this bar of French lilac soap, with the understanding that I WILL use it some day in his honor! (Can’t waste a good bar of soap)

Lilac Iconography

If you can’t or don’t want to offer the fragrance of lilac, (although why wouldn’t you? It smells so good!) the likeness of the flower should be just as suitable! I personally gifted him a porcelain tea sugar cup from the 50’s with lilacs adorning it, but you don’t have to be that fancy, even a simple self made drawing of lilacs will be more than enough to please him!

Wild Bird Feathers

As a god of the mountains and music, it’s no surprise that wild song birds are sacred to pan, being natures music boxes and all! Now, the trick with this is to be ethical about it, because fun fact you might not have known, (and one that I only found out about last year) is that it is a federal FELONY to collect wild bird feathers from any species of wild bird in the United States and Canada due to the migratory bird act. HOWEVER, this is almost entirely reserved for poachers and people who attempt to SELL animal curios. As long as you are ethical about it, (I found these cedar waxwing feathers in my backyard) and don’t try to sell them to anybody, you should be just fine! So Just, y’know, don’t go ripping the feathers out of live birds or anything. Pan wouldn’t like that and the federal government CERTAINLY wouldn’t 😭

Goat horns

Pan is a satyr, a half man, half goat deity who is known for his billy goat like personality and Hooved feet, similarly to other mountain and nature gods such as Cernnunos of Celtic mythology. Because of this, recognizing this magical and unique part of pan by offering him a goat horn, (again, ethically obtained!!! Don’t go ripping the horns out of goats lmao) is a great way to connect with that wild, often unpredictable but joyous and hearty part of his vibrant and rich personality! I obtained my horn (mountain goat) from a friend who is a park ranger in Olympic national park, who collected my specimen off of an unfortunate baby goat who lost its footing and fell to its death into a ravine :(. Now, however, it is at peace, and it’s horn is used to honor a man who will truly look after it at his altar, where it is forever safe in death. I hope he is happily licking that mineral in the afterlife somewhere ❤️

Garden snail shell

As a god of the mystical and musical aspects of the forests and mountains, a classic spiral snail shell is a perfect token to the more mystical and mysterious aspects of pan’s character. Just make sure your shell is empty before you give it to him, and leave it be if it is occupied!

Acorns

Acorns are one of the symbols sacred to Pan, the fruit of the oak tree, itself dappled in layers of sacredness and mythological value across many ancient religions. They are considered to bring the owner good fortune and abundance, and by offering them to pan, you are both honoring him and asking him for his guidance when it comes to your luck in his realms!

Moss Agate

Reminiscent of what I can only assume is his very mossy goat beard, moss agate is a staple offering to pretty much any nature deity, but I feel like it fits pan exceptionally well!

Garden Quartz

Garden Quartz feels like a terrarium inside a stone, formed when layers of actively crystalizing Quartz grows around a chemical impurity blocking its growth path. It is a perfect stone for a mountain god, reminiscent of the mossy hills and lichen beards that dangle from the trees in the alpine which pan calls home.

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All these things and more make exceptional offerings or additions to a pan altar! Let me know, what do you find pan likes on his altar?

[oh-my-little-hearth]

Poetry Request | Pan

oh to sing a song of untamed pan

keeping the hum of natures enchantment strong

truly wild , half earth - half man ?

one side warm

one side cool

with dancing nymphs he did preform

followed the stories of a god so cruel

i sing his song in revelry

lord of shepard - and - Hungering Wild.

a story lost long to unfound devilry

by christian panic his story defiled

though hes died

his notes hav’ last

as i sing just know I Tried.

to remember the song of natures past.

[pyramid-of-heathens]

Having to explain to people that yes I know we live somewhere where there are a bunch of deer but THAT mf right there is one of Pan's and he won't leave me tf alone

[nymphenae]

Pan stood betwixt the tree, the ocean, and me.

[hades-bat]

the lines from the Homeric Hymn to Pan where Hermes is described as a loving and caring father, the way his heart is written to be fulfilled with joy as soon as he took the baby in his arms just when the nurse was just too scared of him, and how the Gods were so happy to meet him really makes me emotional and melts my heart. "He delighted all their hearts". Hail to Lord Pan ❤️

these are the lines:

“But when the nurse saw his uncouth face and full beard, she was afraid and sprang up and fled and left the child. [40] Then luck-bringing Hermes received him and took him in his arms: very glad in his heart was the god. And he went quickly to the abodes of the deathless gods, carrying his son wrapped in warm skins of mountain hares, and set him down beside Zeus [45] and showed him to the rest of the gods. Then all the immortals were glad in heart and Bacchic Dionysus in especial; and they called the boy Pan because he delighted all their hearts.”

[fox-graves]

Needle felt satyr bag based on the cover for Blood on the Clocktower! This project was a special request and is already claimed. DMs are always open if you have your own requests!

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[thelonelylemonsquare]

Deserted by Eros, her lover, Psyche bemoans her curiosity and its consequences. Agitated yet demure, she is comforted by Pan, the otherwise frivolous god of nature.

[bizarreauhavre]

Art nouveau satyr, bronze.

[thrashkink-coven]

Are Pan and Hermes related?? And Dionysus???

I had a dream last night that I was trudging through the woods, and I saw Pan and he was flirting with some nymphs, and he asked me for my help in catching her, and I was like (okay first of all I was butt ass naked) “I don’t really know how to do that bro! Sorry! (also??? Don’t try to catch her dude… you creep…)

and I can’t remember entirely what he said, but it was something along the lines of “they’ll listen to you because you’re a devotee of Hesperus” or something like “they give good fortune to the worshippers of Hesperus” and I was like … Lucifer? I remember reading once that the Hesperides were the children of Hesperus but I never fully connected that they could be the daughters of Lucifer. So I was like oh shit, maybe they will listen to me. But before I could speak to any of them, one turned into a tree, one of them turned into a patch of wild flowers, and the last turned into a vine of grapes for some reason.

and Pan said something about me being stupid (wtf dude??) and that I shouldn’t be so dumb if I’m a follower of “his Hermes” and I was confused about the term “his Hermes” “my Hermes” (isn’t Hermes the son of Zeus??) and I made a joke about not all Hermes followers being smart, but rather cunning enough to appear smart. And then he said something about picking the Hesperide that turned into grapes and making her into wine so that he could drink her (dude). And I was like haha sorry I don’t know how to make wine! and he was like “Then ask my Dionysus and he will show you how to make the best wine”

and I was like “your Dionysus? Your Hermes?? Are you their father or something??” and Pan was kind of like “I am the father of lots of things. I have so many children that I often forget, so I think Dionysus could be my son, and why not Hermes too? ”

????? Bro just??? Forgets who his kids are???

The interaction kind of concluded with me being like “sorry dude… no thanks” and just kind of like…. leaving the area. But now I’m wondering if there’s any mythological or historical evidence that connects Hermes and Pan and Dionysus, because I’m pretty sure their most popular myths all state them coming from different parents. and I’m pretty sure Pan is said to be the son of Hermes, not visa versa so I’m really confused about that. Maybe Pan just showed up to confuse the fuck out of me.

[luzebelle]

I fucking love this Bosschart painting. Adoration of Pan.