Silvanus (mythology)
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Silvanus was a deity in Roman mythology associated with the shepherds and forests . In addition, Silvanus was worshiped under the name Silvanus Litoralis as the god of the seashore .
He is usually represented similar to the satyrs and Silenians , with a half- goat - shaped body, a lily-wreathed head and a cypress as an attribute. Other depictions show him as a farmer with a winegrower's knife or sickle at a burning altar , accompanied by a dog and with a pine cone as an attribute.
Saturnus or Faunus are usually mentioned as the father of Silvanus .
Although Silvanus had no state cult, he was particularly popular in the country.
Silvanus is often equated with Faunus or Pan , but possibly goes back to the Etruscan god Selvans .
See also: Silvan (name)
literature
- Peter F. Dorcey: The Cult of Silvanus. A Study in Roman Folk Religion. (= Columbia Studies in the Classical Tradition. Volume 20). Brill, Leiden 1992, ISBN 90-04-09601-9 .
- Dészpa Mihály-Lorand: Sivanus 1. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 11, Metzler, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-476-01481-9 , column 564.
- Mihály Loránd Dészpa: Peripheral thinking. Transformation and adaptation of the god Silvanus in the Danube provinces (1st – 4th century AD) (= Potsdamer Classical Studies . Volume 35). Steiner, Stuttgart 2012, ISBN 978-3-515-09945-5 .
- Ljubica Perinic: The Nature and Origin of the Cult of Silvanus in the Roman Provinces of Dalmatia and Pannonia. (= Archaeopress Roman Archeology . Volume 20). Archaeopress, Oxford 2016, ISBN 978-1-78491-512-4 .