Pan in popular culture

Pan, the Greek deity, is often portrayed in cinema, literature, music, and stage productions, as a symbolic or cultural reference.

Film

  • Playful Pan, Silly Symponies cartoon from 1930
  • Picnic on the Grass (1959) by Jean Renoir evokes Pan with a flute-playing goatherd.
  • In 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964), Pan appears as one of the attractions in the circus. He seduces Angela Benedict, the librarian, with his enticing music and even takes the form of the man she secretly admires, Ed Cunningham, the newspaper editor. Pan is one of the seven characters in the film played by Tony Randall.
  • Pan's Labyrinth (2006) by Guillermo del Toro (Spanish title: El Laberinto del Fauno) features a faun that is not Pan, but the design was based on Pan
  • His Majesty Minor (2007) by Jean-Jacques Annaud is a French film featuring Pan as a main character

Literature

Music

(Alphabetical by artist)

  • Animal Collective has a song entitled "I See You Pan" on their release Hollinndagain.
  • The medieval folk band Faun has been greatly inspired by Pan, and many of their songs are about Pan, such as "Arcadia" and "Hymn to Pan".
  • "Great God Pan" is a track by SD Laika from his debut album That's Harakiri.
  • In the original programme for Gustav Mahler's Third Symphony, the first movement is subtitled "Pan Awakes, Summer Marches In".
  • "La Flute de Pan" (Pan et les Bergers, Pan et l'oiseaux, Pan et les Nymphes) were composed by Jules Mouquet
  • Carl Nielsen composed "Pan and Syrinx".
  • Justinus Primitive produced the Pan-inspired album Praise Pan, Great God Pan, and the songs "On Becoming Water", "Praise Pan, Great God Pan", and "Transformation Mantra"
  • In "Joueur de flute" by Albert Roussel, one of the four movements is named after Pan
  • "Dryades et Pan" is the last of three Myths for violin and piano, Op. 30, by Karol Szymanowski.
  • We Are All Pan's People is an album by The Focus Group.
  • "Pan" is a song by The Veils
  • "The Pan Within" and "The Return of Pan" are two songs by The Waterboys.
  • Pan is referenced in Stevie Wonder's song "Flower Power", from his album The Secret Life of Plants.
  • Pan's People, a British dance troupe from Top of the Pops, was named after Pan
  • The title of the Pink Floyd album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn is a reference to a chapter in the book The Wind in the Willows which features Pan

Plays

Video games

  • Pan appears in Castlevania: Lords of Shadow as advisor to main character Gabriel Belmont.
  • Pan appears as a Greek god in Dungeons & Dragons.
  • Pan is a high-level antagonist in the computer game Freedom Force. He plays a Pan flute that hypnotizes player characters into attacking their allies.
  • Pan appears in King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella as a satyr playing a magical flute with hypnotic abilities.
  • Pan has a supporting role in the game Rise of the Argonauts on PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Other

Notes

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  5. Neil Barron, Fantasy and Horror : a critical and historical guide to literature, illustration, film, TV, radio, and the Internet. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 1999. ISBN 0810835967 (p. 125)
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  7. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, "Whitehead, Henry S(t. Clair)", in David Pringle, ed., St. James Guide to Horror, Ghost & Gothic Writers. London: St. James Press, 1998. (pp. 639-640) ISBN 1558622063
  8. Richardson, Alan (1987). The Magical Life of Dion Fortune. Aquarian Press. p. 204. ISBN 085030461X.
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