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現代では、G・K・チェスタートンがパーンの「死」の意味を繰り返し、増幅し、パーンの「死」とともに神学の到来を示唆している。この点についてチェスタートンは、「キリストが生まれたからパーンが死んだというのは、ある意味で真に迫っている。パーンはすでに死んでいたので、人々はキリストが生まれたことを知ったというのは、別の意味でもほとんど真実である。」と主張した。現代では、G・K・チェスタートンがパーンの「死」の意味を繰り返し、増幅し、パーンの「死」とともに神学の到来を示唆している。この点についてチェスタートンは、「キリストが生まれたからパーンが死んだというのは、ある意味で真に迫っている。パーンはすでに死んでいたので、人々はキリストが生まれたことを知ったというのは、別の意味でもほとんど真実である。人類の全神話の世界が消滅することによって空洞ができ、神学で満たされなければ真空のように窒息してしまうところだったのだ。」と主張した<ref>G.K. Chesterton, [http://www.worldinvisible.com/library/chesterton/everlasting/part1c8.htm "The End of the World"], ''The Everlasting Man'', 1925</ref><ref>1986, The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton II, San Francisco, Ignatius Press, pages292, isbn:978-0-89870-116-6</ref><ref>2004, Orthodoxy, New York, Dover Publications, Inc., pages69 , isbn:978-0-486-43701-9</ref>。
→「偉大な神パーンは死んだ」
19世紀の空想家アンヌ・カトリーヌ・エメリッヒは、どこにもないひねりを加えて、「偉大なパーン」というフレーズは実際にはイエス・キリストに対する悪魔の称号であり、「タムス、またはトラマス」はニカイアの港の見張り役で、キリストの死を取り巻く他の壮絶な出来事の時に、このメッセージを広めるよう委託され、後に「反復して文字化けした」と主張している<ref>Emmerich, Anne Catherine, The Life of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, volume IV , 2006, Saint Benedict Press, Charlotte, NC, isbn:9781905574131, page309, https://tandfspi.org/ACE_vol_04/ACE_4_0301_out.html#ACE_4_p0309, 16 May 2021</ref>。
In modern times, [[G. K. Chesterton]] has repeated and amplified the significance of the "death" of Pan, suggesting that with the "death" of Pan came the advent of theology. To this effect, Chesterton claimed, "It is said truly in a sense that Pan died because Christ was born. It is almost as true in another sense that men knew that Christ was born because Pan was already dead. A void was made by the vanishing world of the whole mythology of mankind, which would have asphyxiated like a vacuum if it had not been filled with theology."<ref>G.K. Chesterton, [http://www.worldinvisible.com/library/chesterton/everlasting/part1c8.htm "The End of the World"], ''The Everlasting Man'', 1925</ref><ref>{{cite book |date=1986 |title=The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton II |location=San Francisco |publisher=Ignatius Press |pages=292 |isbn=978-0-89870-116-6}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |date=2004 |title=Orthodoxy |location=New York |publisher=Dover Publications, Inc. |pages=69 |isbn=978-0-486-43701-9}}</ref> It was interpreted with [[Polysemy|concurrent meanings]] [[Allegory in the Middle Ages|in all four modes of medieval ''exegesis'']]: literally as historical fact, and [[allegory|allegorically]] as the death of the ancient order at the coming of the new.{{Original research inline|date=July 2013}}
In more modern times, some have suggested a possible naturalistic explanation for the myth. For example, [[Robert Graves]] (''The Greek Myths'') reported a suggestion that had been made by Salomon Reinach<ref>Reinach, in ''Bulletin des correspondents helleniques'' '''31''' (1907:5–19), noted by Van Teslaar.</ref> and expanded by James S. Van Teslaar<ref>Van Teslaar, "The Death of Pan: a classical instance of verbal misinterpretation", ''The Psychoanalytic Review'' '''8''' (1921:180–83).</ref> that the sailors actually heard the excited shouts of the worshipers of [[Tammuz (deity)|Tammuz]], {{lang|grc|Θαμούς πανμέγας τέθνηκε}} ({{lang|grc-Latn|Thamoús panmégas téthnēke}}, "All-great Tammuz is dead!"), and misinterpreted them as a message directed to an Egyptian sailor named 'Thamus': "Great Pan is Dead!" Van Teslaar explains, "[i]n its true form the phrase would have probably carried no meaning to those on board who must have been unfamiliar with the worship of Tammuz which was a transplanted, and for those parts, therefore, an exotic custom."<ref>Van Teslaar 1921:180.</ref> Certainly, when [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]] toured Greece about a century after Plutarch, he found Pan's shrines, sacred caves and sacred mountains still very much frequented. However, a naturalistic explanation might not be needed. For example, [[William Hansen (classicist)|William Hansen]]<ref>William Hansen (2002) "Ariadne's thread: A guide to international tales found in classical literature" Cornell University Press. pp.133–136</ref> has shown that the story is quite similar to a class of widely known tales known as ''Fairies Send a Message.''
