El Fauno
Quick shot taken of Pan at the Freak Show a Go Go show in Portland Oregon.
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One of the famous myths of Pan involves the origin of his trademark pan flute. Syrinx was a lovely water-nymph of Arcadia, daughter of Landon, the river-god. As she was returning from the hunt one day, Pan met her. To escape from his importunities, the fair nymph ran away and didn't stop to hear his compliments, he pursued from Mount Lycaeum until she came to her sisters who immediately changed her into a reed. When the air blew through the reeds, it produced a plaintive melody. The god, still infatuated, possessed some of the reeds, because he did not could identify which reed she became, and cut seven, or according to some versions nine, pieces, joined them side by side in gradually decreasing lengths, and formed the musical instrument bearing the name of his beloved Syrinx. Henceforth Pan was seldom seen without it.
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