GodFinder >Silenus >

List of Gods : "Silenus" - 2 records

Name ▲▼	Origin ▲▼	Description ▲▼
God name "Satyr"	Greco - Roman	Woodland god. Generic term for an åśśortment of Divine beings with a human torso and the legs, hair and horns of a goat. They include the god PAN and the demigod Silenus who raised the adolescent BACCHUS....
Nymph name "Silenus"	Greek	It is remarked in the article Satyrus, that the older Satyrs were generally termed Sileni, but one of these Sileni is commonly the Silenus, who always acts a prominent part in the retinue of Dionysus, from whom he is inseparable, and whom he is said to have brought up and instructed. Like the other Satyrs he is called a son of Hermes, but others call him a son of Pan by a nymph, or of Gaea. Greek

Table of Gods