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forest god

DEFINITIONS OF: forest god

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n one of a class of woodland deities; attendant on Bacchus; identified with Roman fauns

Synonyms:
satyr
Examples:
Silenus
the chief satyr in the service of Bacchus; father of Dionysus; usually depicted as drunk and jolly and riding a donkey
Type of:
Greek deity
a deity worshipped by the ancient Greeks
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