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

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 1967 Pink Floyd album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn is a reference to a chapter in the 1908 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

  1. Stableford, Brian (2005). The A to Z of Fantasy Literature. Plymouth: Scarecrow Press. pp. 311–312. ISBN 0-8108-6829-6.
  2. Hutton, Ronald (1999). The Triumph of the Moon: A History of Modern Pagan Witchcraft. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 43–51. ISBN 0198207441.
  3. William Hughes, Historical Dictionary of Gothic Literature,Lanham, Maryland : The Scarecrow Press, 2013. ISBN 9780810872288 (pp. 195-6)
  4. Mikuláš Teich and Roy Porter (ed.), Fin de siècle and its legacy. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1990. ISBN 0521341086 (pp. 200-201)
  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)
  6. Whited, Tamara L. (1998). "The Mountain in Twentieth-Century French Literature". In Murphy, Patrick D. (ed.). Literature of Nature: An International Sourcebook. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers. pp. 200–201. ISBN 1-57958-010-6.
  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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