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The Roman name for satyrs, mythical creatures who were part man and part goat.

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There were enchanting angels, and there were huge fauns and satyrs.
Great Artists, Vol 1.|Jennie Ellis Keysor
I can see the rooms crusted with ormolu, the fauns foisted on the ceiling, the ripping rident goddesses on the walls.
Punch, Or the London Charivari, Volume 107, October 27th, 1894|Various
But four years later, as we have seen, Nashe confounds elves with fairies in deriving all alike from fauns and dryads.
The Sources and Analogues of 'A Midsummer-night's Dream'|Compiled by Frank Sidgwick
Besides Gillot, the great designer of fauns and naiads had returned there more flourishing than ever.
The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852|Various

Reference is made to fauns and naiads in Milton's "Lycidas."
Stories of Old Greece and Rome|Emilie Kip Baker