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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

Divine honours were given to Silenus in Arcadia, and from him the Fauns and Satyrs are often called Sileni.

From Heathen Mythology by Various

The text calls for only one hundred and eighty plates, but there are two Fauns at No. 11, and preceding No. 85, at the beginning of Volume II, is an extra plate, "Medusa Antique."

From A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 3 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe by Various

The Fauns of the Roman legend were supposed to be the transition species, or bridge across the chasm between the brute creation and man—a notion found in Hawthorne's “Marble Faun.”

From The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, February, 1880 by Walker, Aaron

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