# Faun — Poetry character guide

> Faun in Poetry by Oscar Wilde.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0039-the-garden-of-eros

## Who they are

A mythological creature, half-man and half-goat, from Roman myth.

## In the story

### [The Burden of Itys](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_18_se/chapters/the-burden-of-itys)

Might raise his head by the green water-flags with reeded flute.

### [Panthea](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_18_se/chapters/panthea)

Referenced as part of the sensuous life into which souls will inform themselves after death.

### [Canzonet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_18_se/chapters/canzonet)

Referenced as no longer treading the leas.

### [In the Forest](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_18_se/chapters/in-the-forest)

The central figure of the poem, a faun with ivory limbs and brown eyes, who skips and sings through the forest, casting a dancing shadow.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_18_se/chapters/ii)

Referenced as old and grey, part of the Arcadian landscape being left behind.

## Links

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