Pan: God of Nature and Shepherds (Greek Mythology)
Pan (Πάν) is the rustic god of wild places, shepherds, flocks, and untamed nature. Depicted as part man and part goat, he embodies both fertility and sudden, irrational terror, from which the word “panic” originates. Revered across Arcadia and rural Greece, Pan’s presence is inseparable from forests, hillsides, and streams, and he often moves unseen, filling the night air with
