"Who" or "What" is PAN ? You might wonder why we call our farm "PAN'S PLACE".

Pan is the Greek god of shepherds and flocks. His body is that of a human but he has the legs, ears, and horns of a goat. Pan is also know as the god who watches over flocks, forests, mountains, and all wild things. He is known to have invented and is typically shown with a musical pipe, called the Syrinx. In a famous tale he pursued the nymph Syrinx, but before she was overtaken her sister nymphs changed her into a reed. Thus Pan plays the reed, or syrinx, in memory of her.

Pan was considered to be the cause of the sudden fear that sometimes comes for no reason, especially in lonely places. Occasionally ill-tempered, he loved to frighten unwary travelers (That's why it's called "panic".) While he is usually chasing maidens and others, he can also be gentle. He is merry and playful frequently seen dancing with woodland nymphs. He is at home in any wild place. He is wild, virile, strong, lusty, and often humorous. Pan, in astronomy, is one of the 18 named moons, or natural satellites, of Saturn. In Greek religion and mythology he is the pastoral god of fertility. He was worshiped principally in Arcadia and one legend states that he was the son of Hermes, another Arcadian god. Pan was born there, on Mount Lycaeum, and in the hearts of a shepherding people who depended a lot on goats, and so naturally needed a goat-god. The name "Pan" means "All" and some believe that Pan was originally a much more powerful, all-encompassing god who got downsized with the advent of the Olympians. Even after the Greeks became civilized and had new civilized gods to pray to, they never forgot old Pan, and built shrines to him everywhere. There is even one hidden away in a cave under the Acropolis, in a suitably wild and unkempt place. They must still have regarded him with affection well into Christian times. Above all he was the god of nature. Unlike the other, more heroic Grecian deities, Pan's adventures tended toward the comical.