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Friday, July 11th, 2014 – It was a wonderful day in Oslo. Gorgeous weather in a fascinating city!

We walked through a park and found the most bizarre statue of Pan. It was very strange and quite sinister. I wasn't even sure I wanted a picture of it but decided to get one anyway.

Pan was the god of shepherds and flocks, of mountain wilds, hunting and rustic music. He wandered the hills and mountains of Arkadia playing his pan-pipes and chasing Nymphs. His unseen presence aroused feelings of panic in men passing through the remote, lonely places of the wilds.

Pan was depicted as a man with the horns, legs and tail of a goat, and with thick beard, and pointed ears. He was a lover of nymphs, who commonly fled from his advances.

Since Pan was a rustic god, there were not temples or places of worship dedicated to him. The rustic gods were worshipped in the woods and other natural places.


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