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the Week of Proper 21 / Ordinary 26
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Pan
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In the Greek mythology a goat-man, a personification of rude nature, and the protector of flocks and herds; originally an Arcadian deity, is represented as playing on a flute of reeds joined together of different lengths, called Pan's pipes; and dancing on his cloven hoofs over glades and mountains escorted by a bevy of nymphs side by side, and playing on his pipes. There is a remarkable tradition, that on the night of the Nativity at Bethlehem an astonished voyager heard a voice exclaiming as he passed the promontory of Tarentum, "The great Pan is dead." The modern devil is invested with some of his attributes, such as cloven hoofs, &c.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Pan'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/p/pan.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Pan'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/p/pan.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
