Silvanus

(European mythology)

The Roman god of untilled land, an uncertain force in daily life. He had to be carefully propitiated whenever inroads were made into his domain. Silvanus is the antithesis of Flora, the jolly Italian goddess of flowering and blossoming plants.

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also n. Roman Mythology
A god of forests, fields, and herding.

Classical Literature Companion: Silvanus

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Silvanus, ‘of the wood’, in Roman religion, the god of the wild land beyond the boundaries of the cultivated fields. He thus resembled the Greek satyrs or Silenus, and was sometimes identified with them, but more often with the god Pan. His cult was regarded as very ancient, and it was important to propitiate him before violating his territory, e.g. cutting down trees.

Columbia Encyclopedia: Silvanus

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Silvanus, in Roman religion, ancient pastoral deity, protector of uncultivated lands. It was also said that he was the guardian of field boundaries, flocks, and herds. Like the Greek Pan, with whom he was often identified, he could be dangerous as well as beneficent.

Wikipedia: Silvanus

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Silvanus may refer to:

Mythology

Silvanus (mythology), a Roman tutelary spirit of woods, apparently inherited from the Etruscan deity Selvan

Christian religious figures

Silvanus, also called Silas, an early Christian and companion of Paul
Silvanus of the Seventy, another early Christian and traditionally among Jesus' seventy apostles
Saint Silvanus (or Sylvanus) was one of the seven sons of Saint Felicity of Rome (2nd century)
Silvanus of Ahun (Silvain, Sylvanus), 5th century martyr

People

Claudius Silvanus, a Frankish usurper in 355
Silvanus Bevan, 18th century apothecary
Silvanus Melea Otieno, posthumously controversial Kenyan lawyer
Silvanus Trevail, Cornish architect

Culture

Silvanus (Forgotten Realms), a Forgotten Realms Dungeons & Dragons deity
Teachings of Silvanus, a Gnostic text among the texts of the Nag Hammadi library, hidden in Egypt when heterodox writings were being collected and burned and rediscovered in 1945

A variant, Sylvanus, may refer to:

Colonel Sylvanus Thayer, "Father of the United States Military Academy"
Saint Sylvanus, Bishop of Emesa in Phoenicia, martyred in the company of Saint Luke the Deacon and Saint Mucius the Lector in the persecutions of Maximian, c. 311

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	Salvant (family name)
	Sill (family name)
	Silas (character – in the Bible)

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