Participants of the IV international competition Gaudir 2022

25. CAPRICORN
Alla Severina
La Doll, classic papier-mâché

"According to ancient legend, the mythological prototype of Capricorn is the ancient Greek deity of forests and hunting Pan, a companion of Dionysus. According to the Homeric hymn, he was born with goat legs, a long beard and horns, and immediately upon birth began to jump and laugh. Frightened by the unusual appearance and character of the child, the mother left him, but Hermes, wrapping the boy in hare skins, took him to Olympus and so amused all the gods with the appearance and liveliness of his son that the gods called him Pan, as he delivered to everyone (Greek. πάς, ""all"") great joy. Pan helped the gods in battles (in particular, he helped Zeus in the fight against the titans, with his courage inducing “panic” fear on enemies. One of the myths tells how Pan almost fell victim to the monstrous, fire-breathing giant Typhon. Pursued by a giant, Pan fell into the waters of the Nile River, and the lower part of his body turned into a fish tail. For help and noble courage, the gods turned it into a constellation."