Silvanus ( / s ɪ l ˈ v eɪ n ə s / ; meaning "of the woods" in Latin ) was a Roman tutelary deity of woods and uncultivated lands. As protector of the forest ( sylvestris deus ), he especially presided over plantations and delighted in trees growing wild. He is also described as a god watching over the fields and husbandmen, protecting in particular the boundaries of fields. The similarly named Etruscan deity Selvans may be a borrowing of Silvanus, or not even related in origin.
13-556: [REDACTED] Look up silvan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Silvan may refer to: Saint Silvan , Christian martyr Silvan (illusionist) , Italian magician Silvan Byggemarked , Danish chain store that sells building materials Silvan Elves , woodland elves of J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium Silvan Inia , Dutch footballer Silvan Shalom , Tunisian-born Israeli politician Silvan, Diyarbakır , city in
26-614: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages silvan [REDACTED] Look up silvan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Silvan may refer to: Saint Silvan , Christian martyr Silvan (illusionist) , Italian magician Silvan Byggemarked , Danish chain store that sells building materials Silvan Elves , woodland elves of J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium Silvan Inia , Dutch footballer Silvan Shalom , Tunisian-born Israeli politician Silvan, Diyarbakır , city in
39-489: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Silvanus (mythology) Silvanus is described as the divinity protecting the flocks of cattle, warding off wolves, and promoting their fertility. Dolabella, a rural engineer of whom only a few pages are known, states that Silvanus was the first to set up stones to mark the limits of fields, and that every estate had three Silvani: Hence Silvani were often referred to in
52-521: The syrinx was sacred to him, and he is mentioned along with the Pans and Nymphs. Later speculators even identified Silvanus with Pan , Faunus , Inuus and Aegipan . He must have been associated with the Italian Mars , for Cato refers to him consistently as Mars Silvanus . These references to Silvanus as an aspect of Mars combined with his association with forests and glades, give context to
65-519: The Diyarbakır Province of Turkey Silvan, Victoria , suburb of Melbourne, Australia Silvan ambush , 2011 ambush by the PKK in the town of Silvan killing 13 Turkish soldiers. See also [ edit ] Silvanus (disambiguation) Silvanus (mythology) , Roman deity from whom the adjective sylvan derives Sylvain (disambiguation) Sylvan (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
78-408: The Diyarbakır Province of Turkey Silvan, Victoria , suburb of Melbourne, Australia Silvan ambush , 2011 ambush by the PKK in the town of Silvan killing 13 Turkish soldiers. See also [ edit ] Silvanus (disambiguation) Silvanus (mythology) , Roman deity from whom the adjective sylvan derives Sylvain (disambiguation) Sylvan (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
91-506: The epithet Callirius may be related to Breton theonym Riocalat(is) (attested in Cumberland Quarries), and both mean "(God) With Wild Horses". The sacrifices offered to Silvanus consisted of grapes, ears of grain, milk, meat, wine and pigs. In Cato 's De Agricultura an offering to Mars Silvanus is described, to ensure the health of cattle ; it is stated there that his connection with agriculture referred to only
104-555: The labour performed by men, and that females were excluded from his worship. (Compare Bona Dea for a Roman deity from whose worship men were excluded.) Virgil relates that in the very earliest times the Tyrrhenian Pelasgians had dedicated a grove and a festival to Silvanus, a symbol for the wilderness of the god. In works of Latin poetry and art, Silvanus always appears as an old man, but as cheerful and in love with Pomona . Virgil represents him as carrying
117-465: The plural. The name Silvānus ( Classical Latin : [s̠ɪɫ̪ˈwaː.nʊs̠] ) is a derivation from Latin silva ('forest, wood'). It is cognate with the Latin words silvester ('wild, not cultivated'), silvicola ('inhabiting woodlands') or silvaticus ('of woodlands or scrub'). The etymology of silva is unclear. Like other gods of woods and flocks, Silvanus is described as fond of music;
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#1732773034072156-507: The trunk of a cypress ( Greek : δενδροφόρος ), about which the following myth is told. Silvanus – or Apollo according to other versions – was in love with Cyparissus , and once by accident killed a pet hind belonging to Cyparissus. The latter died of grief, and was metamorphosed into a cypress. In Edmund Spenser 's epic poem The Faerie Queene (1590–96), Silvanus appears in Canto VI of Book I. His 'wyld woodgods' (Stanza 9) save
169-457: The worship of Silvanus as the giver of the art (techne) of forest warfare. In particular the initiation rituals of the evocati appear to have referenced Silvanus as a protective god of raiding for women and cattle, perhaps preserving elements of earlier Etruscan worship. In the provinces outside of Italy, Silvanus was identified with numerous native gods: The Slavic god Porewit has similarities with Silvanus. Xavier Delamarre suggests
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