When one thinks of a satyr, one typically imagines a figure with the body of a man, and the horns and legs of a goat...a la Pan (the Greek god of the woodlands).
However, this more accurately describes another creature from Classical (Greco-Roman) mythology known as the faun, as well as Pan himself.
In Ancient Greek art, satyrs were represented as short, balding wild-men with horse-like ears and tails, as well as permanent..."wood".
Differently from how satyrs are represented in modern fantasy media, my depiction of these polyamorous free spirits of the woods more closely aligns with the original Greek representations.
Hence, my own rendition of a satyr is as a balding Sasquatch-looking figure with a horse's tail and pointy ears.
Horses do in fact have pointy ears...thus, in my art, this has mutated into elfin ears.
For modesty, the satyr's perpetual "wood" is covered up with the creature's leg as he dances in wild frivolity.
I believe the reason we today represent satyrs as looking like Pan is because of Pan.
Like satyrs, Pan also likes to chase nymphs, and is also associated with wild nature.
The similarities in behavior and habitat may have for some reason translated into similarities in appearance...influencing one figure to look like the other.
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