ancient Italian deity in human shape, with horns, pointed ears and a goat's tail; equivalent to Greek satyr
A mythical creature with the lower body of a goat and the upper body of a man, occasionally with horns and/or a long tail
A faun is an imaginary creature which is like a man with goat's legs and horns. Any of a group of rural deities represented as having the body of a man and the horns, ears, tail, and sometimes legs of a goat. an ancient Roman god with the body of a man and the legs and horns of a goat (faunus, from Faunus Roman god of nature and farms)