Satyr in the European culture: religion, ethnography, zoology?

The paper analyzes evolution of the Satyr image from Antiquity to the New Age. It considers transformation of the Satyr semantics and highlights the three key aspects: demonic (spirit of nature), anthropological (wild man) and zoological (ape). Based on analyzing the ancient texts, biblical translations, hagiography, and natural science works, the paper shows why the Satyr became a problem for the Enlightenment scientists. Particular attention is paid to contradictions in the interpretations from a mythological character to the object of scientific classification. The paper demonstrates how cultural, religious and scientific discourses formed a complex syncretic image of the Satyr, which remained relevant in the European thought for centuries.

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