dancingsatyrs

Western culture is deeply rooted in Greek and Roman mythology and by revisiting the ancient stories, sometimes light heartedly; this artist hopes to rekindle interest in them. Today’s imagery and arts are almost void of the dynamic and allegorical characters that have influenced so much of our music, language and the sciences.

Satyrs were forest creatures descended from an ancient race of people, “the hairy ones,” who lived in southern Europe. They are usually depicted with human bodies; pug nosed faces, horns, and the lower body of a goat with a tail. Playful, carefree and mischievous they are one of the more delightful mythological characters. Satyrs were very comfortable around humans. To have one visit a home and partake of a meal was a great honor which brought a family good luck.

The most notable Satyr was Pan an ancient Greek God, musician and protector of small children and animals. Shakespeare’s “Puck” in “Midsummer’s Night Dream” was a Satyr.

It is my belief that stories about Satyrs might be remnants of ancient histories of a time when Neanderthals and Modern Humans cohabited territories in what are now southern France and northern Spain.

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