![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In his earliest appearance in literature, Pindar's Pythian Ode iii. Brown, the name Pan is probably a cognate with the Greek word ὀπάων "companion". The familiar form of the name Pan is contracted from earlier Πάων, derived from the root * peh₂- (guard, watch over). The connection between Pan and Pushan was first identified in 1924 by the German scholar Hermann Collitz. The Rigvedic god Pushan is believed to be a cognate of Pan. Many modern scholars consider Pan to be derived from the reconstructed Proto-Indo-European god *Péh₂usōn, whom they believe to have been an important pastoral deity ( *Péh₂usōn shares an origin with the modern English word "pasture"). Ancient Roman fresco of Pan and Hermaphroditus from the House of Dioscuri in Pompeii, now in the National Archaeological Museum, Naples Origins ![]()
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