Example Sentences

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Out of the trees wild people stepped forth, gods and goddesses of the wood; with them came Fauns and Satyrs and Dwarfs.

From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis

The dryads and the Fauns begged one, at least, of the apples, but Pomona refused them all.

From Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls by Bailey, Carolyn Sherwin

The Fauns were descended from Faunus, son of Picus King of Italy, who was changed by Circe into a woodpecker.

From Heathen Mythology by Various

With Pan came his family of Fauns, the deities of the woods and fields.

From Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls by Bailey, Carolyn Sherwin

Terrestrial devils are Lares, Genii, Fauns, Satyrs, Wood-nymphs, Foliots, Fairies, Robin Goodfellows, Trulli; which, as they are most conversant with men, so they do them most harm.

From The Superstitions of Witchcraft by Williams, Howard