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PICUS

PICUS: The Woodpecker Seer and father of FAUNUS.

Son of SATURNUS, he became a King of Latium and was known for delivering oracles with the aid of a woodpecker. CIRCE the Greek enchantress fancied him, but he spurned her advances so she changed him into a woodpecker.

This made the peasants like him even more and he became an agricultural deity. He is particularly good at forecasting rain.

As to his fatherhood of FAUNUS, we can only presume that this event happened before his woodpecker transformation.

Entry last modified on 27 August 2006

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VITAL STATISTIX
Area or people:
Location : Italy and Western Europe
Gender : Male
Category : Deity
Pronunciation : Coming soon
Alternative names : None known
Attributes : Coming soon
Mystic Number : 2855

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