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The Great God Pan was born in the Arcadian countryside of ancient Greece, and died with the birth of Christ, only to be resurrected as both Devil and nature god by those who feared and revered him in the centuries that followed. The ultimate god of ambiguity, Pan embodies both pleasure and pandemonium. Son of Hermes, playmate of Aphrodite, and companion of Dionysos, Pan watches over shepherds and their flocks, lustily pursues maidens and she-goats alike, and plays his panpipes as satyrs and fauns cavort in the woods. His cloven hooves, horned head, and goat’s beard reflect his pastoral pastimes, but have come to signify a deeper wickedness through later Christian eyes. Baphomet, the Devil, Krampus, and Black Philip all owe their caprine connections to our once beloved Pan. Join us for a richly illustrated exploration of the evolution of this aspect of the Great Horned God, from primeval nature deity, to demonized witch’s familiar, and back again.
Liz Andres is a museum professional and scholar based in Los Angeles. She holds degrees in Art History, Classical Archaeology, and Museum Studies from U.C. Berkeley and the University of Leicester, and specializes in museum education and exhibitions. Her current research focuses on hybrid and liminal creatures in ancient Greek art and mythology, and museum taxidermy and representations of death and nature in western art.
Images, in order: Hell, Johannes Sadeler, 1590 (private collection); Errant of Pan, Maxfield Parrish, 1910; The Man Who Died, Dorothy Brett, 1963 (private collection); Pan & Daphnis, 1st century BCE (Musée du Louvre); Pan & Psyche, Edward Burne-Jones, 1874 (Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum); Pay & Syrinx, Peter Paul Rubens & Jan Brueghel the Younger, 1630 (private collection); Reclining Pan, Francesco de Sangallo, 1535 (Saint Louis Art Museum); Witches’ Sabbat, Francisco Goya, 1789 (Museo Lazaro Galdiano, Madrid)