Fauns are half-human half-goat monsters in God of War: Sons of Sparta.
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Faun
A creature lacking patience for anything, or anyone, intruding on her privacy. Her response to an interloper is to attack with furious speed: rolling, striking, slicing. Best to make a swift retreat if one realizes they have crossed into her territory.
Faun Hunter
Unlike her siblings, this hunter wants potential prey to come closer to where she roams... the better to spring her trap, as she leaps high and slashes twin blades down upon the unwary.
God of War Sons of Sparta
Fauns can be first encountered in Mount Taygetos (region). They are a humanoid goat-like creatures, cousins to the Satyr. They are adept with human weapons and are quite agile.
- Faun: Upon seeing an enemy, the Fauns will rush forward sliding and then kicking the enemy. They also posses a red attack, where they will slash with their weapons.
- Faun Hunter: The Faun Hunter will throw two ball projectiles at its enemy as it swings its weapons. It also posses the same red attack as the Faun, where it slashes with its weapons.
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Greek Mythology
Faun is a half-human and half-goat mythological creature appearing in Greek and Roman mythology.
Originally fauns of Roman mythology were ghosts (genii) of rustic places, lesser versions of their chief, the god Faunus. Before their conflation with Greek satyrs, they and Faunus were represented as naked men (e.g. the Barberini Faun). Later fauns became copies of the satyrs of Greek mythology, who themselves were originally shown as part-horse rather than part-goat.
By the Renaissance, fauns were depicted as two-footed creatures with the horns, legs, and tail of a goat and the head, torso, and arms of a human; they are often depicted with pointed ears. These late-form mythological creatures borrowed their look from the satyrs, who in turn borrowed their look from the god Pan of the Greek pantheon. They were symbols of peace and fertility, and their Greek chieftain, Silenus, was a minor deity of Greek mythology.