Satyr

Satyr, a class of beings of Greek mythology, connected generally with the worship of Dionysus, and represented as the offspring of Hermes and the Naiads, and figuratively taken as illustrating the vital powers of Nature. They are first mentioned by Hesiod. In art they are divided into full~grown Satyrs, of whom Silenus may be taken as a typical example, and the little imp-like Satyrisci, a kind of rustic Cupids. They were much given to wine, and to sensnal delights generally. At a later period they were confounded with the Fauns, and also served as a model for the modern vulgar concept of the Devil's personal appearance. Spenser has embodied them in his Faerie Queene.