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Pan and His Flock

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This is based of the mythical character Pan from Greek mythology, and it's been made for :icondeathofrats: 's Fantasy/Mythical Figures Contest.

A little Myth-story. ^_^

Pan is the companion of nymphs, and god of shepherds and flocks, mountain wilds, hunting and rustic music, fields, groves and wooded glens, spring, nature and fertility.

Pan was tending his flocks in Arcadia one day when he spied a beautiful nymph and fell in love with her. The nymph, Syrinx, turned and saw the abominably ugly Pan and, without heeding his loud admissions of love, turned and fled in terror, with Pan in pursuit. Coming to the bank of the Ladon river, Syrinx called upon her sister nymphs to save her. Casting herself into the river in despair, Syrinx was transformed into a bed of marsh reeds. Upon coming to the riverbank and finding no nymph, Pan sat next to the river and wept his sorrow. In the midst of his grief, Pan noticed the bed of reeds that had been Syrinx's body was delicately swaying in the wind, making a mournful moaning sound, for the wind had broken the tops of some of the reeds. Pulling the reeds up, Pan cut them into pieces and bound them together to create a musical instrument, which he named "Syrinx", in memory of his lost love. "Syrinx" is still the Greek name of the instrument known today as the pan flute.
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ShawneeRR's avatar
how very good. your art is nicely drawn and re-tells the story in one picture, and that takes talent.