=== サタンとの同一視 ===
パーンの山羊のようなイメージは、従来のファウヌス的な悪魔の描写を思い起こさせる。パーンの山羊のようなイメージは、従来のファウヌス的な悪魔の描写を思い起こさせる。従来のパンの表現と悪魔の表現の類似性は、オカルティストのアレイスター・クロウリー<ref>Aleister Crowley, 777 and Other Qabalistic Correspondences 1970</ref>やアントン・サンドル・ラヴェイによって観察され、後者は『悪魔の聖書』の中で次のように語られている。
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Pan's goatish image recalls conventional [[faun]]-like depictions of [[Satan]]. The similarities between conventional representations of Pan and the Devil were observed by the occultists [[Aleister Crowley]]<ref>{{cite book |author=Aleister Crowley |title=777 and Other Qabalistic Correspondences 1970}}</ref> and [[Anton LaVey|Anton Szandor LaVey]], the latter of whom said in ''The Satanic Bible'':
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Many pleasures revered before the advent of Christianity were condemned by the new religion. It required little change-over to transform the horns and cloven hooves of Pan into a most convincing devil! Pan’s attributes could neatly be changed into charged-with-punishment sins, and so the metamorphosis was complete.<ref>{{cite book |author=Anton LaVey |title=The Satanic Bible 1969}}</ref>}}