Meanings of sylvan deities in English

Besides these they revere Manes, and countless local and sylvan deities.

He defied the earth-magic, defied those sylvan deities who as he divined, sought to enthral him.

Surely this spot must have been in the mystic ages one grand amphitheatre for the sylvan deities.

FAUNS, cheerful sylvan deities, represented in human form, with small horns, pointed ears, and sometimes goat's tail

I eagerly anticipate the placid hours we shall pass, perhaps next summer, on the wild range which belongs to our sylvan deities.

Hence the hunter prayed to the sylvan deities, and vowed rich offerings to them if they would drive the game across his path.

Hence in classical art the sylvan deities are depicted in human shape, their woodland character being denoted by a branch or some equally obvious symbol.

We often hear of the Naiades forming alliances with mortals, and also of their being wooed by the sylvan deities of the woods and dales.

Oaks were sacred to him, and when they were cut down by the Christian missionaries, the people loudly complained that their sylvan deities were destroyed.