Who Is Pan? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Pan is a In the Public Domain comic book character, with over 127 comic issue appearances. Pan is a figure of Greek legend, mostly associated with rural settings. He is a god of woods, pastures, mountain peaks and nature. He has goat legs, and horns on his head. Christianity adopted his image to depict Satan.

Who is Pan?

Pan is an ancient Greek God, primarily worshiped in Arcadia. Arcadia was a region inhabited by mountain people who the other Greeks mostly disdained as primitive. He is a "god of shepherds and flocks, of mountain wilds, hunting and rustic music." His hindquarters, legs, and horns of a goat give him a similar form to the satyrs or Greek myth and fauns of the Roman ones. Christians are believed to have adopted his appearance for their own Satan, a figure originating in the Bible but receiving no physical description in it. The genealogy of Pan is inconsistent in the various ancient sources. He is said variously to be a son of Kronos (Cronos, Saturn), Zeus, Hermes and Dionysus. His mother was a nymph but her name is variously given as Dryope or Penelope. An attempt to identify the later with Penelope of Sparta, Odysseus' wife, is inconsistent with other depictions of her.

Key facts

Pan is of god/eternal origin. The character is published by In the Public Domain. With 127 recorded issue appearances, Pan ranks among the most featured characters in comics.