The Great God Pan was a novella written by Arthur Machen. The original story was published in 1890 but he revised and extended it in 1894. On publication it was generally denounced in the press as degenerate and horrific because of its decadent style and sexual content. Machen’s story was only one of many of the time to focus on Pan as useful symbol of the power of nature and paganism. Jump to: navigation, search Arthur Machen (March 3, 1863 - December 15th, 1947) was a leading Welsh-born author of the 1890s. ... 1890 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
Synopsis
In Wales a woman has her mind destroyed by a scientist's attempt to enable her to see the god of nature Pan (mythology). Years later, a young woman, Helen Vaughan arrives on the London social scene, disturbing many young men and causing them to commit suicide; it transpires that she is the monstrous offspring of the god Pan, also known as Nodens (Cthulhu mythos), and the woman of the experiment. Marble sculpture of Pan copulating with a goat, recovered from Herculaneum Pan (Greek Παν, genitive Πανος) is the Greek god who watches over shepherds and their flocks. ... Nodens (Lord of the Great Abyss, Nuada of the Silver Hand) is a fictional character in the Cthulhu mythos of H. P. Lovecraft. ...
Trivia
The story served as the basis of H. P. Lovecraft’s The Dunwich Horror which quotes from Machen’s story. It also inspired Peter Straub's Ghost Story. Jump to: navigation, search H. P. Lovecraft Howard Phillips Lovecraft (August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937) was an American author of fantasy and horror fiction, noted for giving horror stories a science fiction framework. ... The Dunwich Horror is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft. ... Peter Francis Straub, born March 2, 1943 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, is a writer of fiction and poetry, best known as a horror-genre author. ...
Apollo (Greek: Απόλλων, Apóllōn) is a god in Greek and Roman mythology, the son of Zeus and Leto, and the twin of Artemis (goddess of the hunt).
In later times he became in part confused or equated with Helios, god of the sun, and his sister similarly equated with Selene, goddess of the moon in religious contexts.
Apollo, the eternal beardless youth himself, had the most male lovers of all the Greek gods, as could be expected from a god who was god of the palestra, the athletic gathering place for youth, who all competed in the nude.
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