In ancient Roman religion, Inuus (Classical Latin: [ˈɪnuʊs]) was a god, or aspect of a god, who embodied sexual intercourse. The evidence for him as a distinct entity is scant.

In ancient Roman religion and myth, Faunus [ˈfau̯nʊs] was the rustic god of the forest, plains and fields; when he made cattle fertile, he was called Inuus. He came to be equated in literature with the Greek god Pan, after which Romans depicted him as a horned god. Faunus was one of the oldest Roman deities, known as the di indigetes.

2022年10月9日 · Faunus, the horned deity of the woods, plains, and fields in ancient Roman mythology and myth, was also known as Inuus when he made cattle pregnant. In literature, he eventually came to be compared to the Greek deity Pan. One of the first di indigetes, or ancient Roman gods, was Faunus.

1997年3月3日 · Inuus "He who makes fruitful." Another name for Lupercus and Faunus as the promoters of the fertility among cattle. Livy writes that Inuus is the Roman name for the Lycaean Pan. In his honor Evander established a yearly rite, derived from Attica, in which youths should run naked about in playful sport.

2024年9月24日 · Inuus m sg (genitive Inuī); second declension (Roman mythology) The god who embodied sexual intercourse

Faunus ( [fau̯nʊs]) was the horned god of the forest, plains, horned animals, and fields in Roman mythology. When he made cattle fertile he was called Inuus. Many of his characteristics are similar to the Greek god Pan.

As a good spirit of the forest, plains, and fields, he gave fruitfulness to the cattle, and was hence called Inuus. With all this he was also a god of prophecy, called by the name of Fatuus. He revealed the future in dreams and strange voices, communicated to his votaries while sleeping in his precincts upon the fleeces of sacrificed lambs.

2013年11月1日 · In 2006, the Soprintendenza Archeologica del Lazio began an excavation at the site of Fosso dell’Incastro on the coastline of Ardea. A well-preserved settlement buried under huge sand dunes was discovered, featuring a Roman castrum created in the fourth century BCE around a sanctuary dating back to the mid-sixth century BCE.

In ancient Roman mythology and religion, Faunus was the horned god of the forest, plains and fields; when he made cattle fertile he was called Inuus. He came to be equated in literature with the Greek god Pan .

Inuus was a god in Roman mythology. Inuus was the god of sexual intercourse and embodiment of the impulse toward mating. The evidence for Inuus as a distinct and separate deity is minuscule...