#pan god

[ephemeral-roses]

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Look! He even has his goatee!

I was looking back at Hermes' myths, and I forgot how head over heels he was for Pan when he was born until now. Pan was abandoned by his mother, but Hermes was all giddy and excited from how cute he thought Pan was that he immediately wrapped him up and brought him back to Olympus to show him off.

I do imagine raising him was quite the experience; Pan constantly trying to headbutt Hermes, eat everything in sight including clothes, climbing up cliff walls, and more goat things. But Hermes adored him regardless.

[brainrotroulette]

Your honor, I am obsessed with the alternate universe where Telemachus and Pan are brothers

a little victory snack after Tele kicks Antinous’ ass for the first time

[skridz]

"Why do you love Pan so much??"

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

[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 ♡

[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!!!

[i-am-trans-gwender]

I hate the cliche Devil design because it's a combination and demonization of three gods.

Two aspects of the design come from Greek myth. He's a goat man like Pan and wields a trident (commonly mistaken as a pitchfork) like Poseidon.

Meanwhile the forked tail comes from the Egyptian god Bes.

[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.

[brainrotroulette]

Telemachus if Herodotus and the Romans had their way about Pan's parentage:

Herodotus really should have stuck to history but I must secretly admit, imagining a much nicer origin story than what this man wrote and big brother Telemachus had me a little amused.

Kids say the darndest things, amiright? (pls don't call paw patrol, they would be besties before this godly little shit would go prancing out into the wilds never to return)

[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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