forest god

Other forms: forest gods

Definitions of forest god
  1. noun
    one of a class of woodland deities; attendant on Bacchus; identified with Roman fauns
    synonyms: satyr
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    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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