In the young adult series, Fablehaven, satyrs are one of the many creatures found within the preserve, and several of them (Newel, Doren and Verl) play a significant role.
In
Hans Christian Andersen's
fairy tale "
The Shepherdess and the Sweep" (1845), a bearded and horned satyr carved into the mahogany door of a curio cabinet is known as "Major-general-field-sergeant-commander Billy goat's legs" and threatens a porcelain shepherdess on a nearby table top with taking her for his wife. The shepherdess shudders in horror and flees the house with her lover, a porcelain chimney sweep with a princely face "as fair and rosy as a girl's".
In
Brian Keene's Dark Hollow (previously published as The Rutting Season) a satyr is summoned by a Pennsylvanian witch practicing black
Pow-wow (folk magic) and uses its
Pan Pipes to hypnotise and abduct women in order to procreate with them.
In
Peter S. Beagle's The Last Unicorn, the Satyr is one of the Creatures of the Night, Brought to Light in Mommy Fortuna's Midnight Carnival.
Erotic romance author
Elizabeth Amber's Lords of Satyr series follows satyr heroes—men who sprout second penises and fur upon the full moon.
In the Book
Satyrday Matthew was a satyr who raised the boy, Derin, from infancy.
Comics
Greg Tragos, a main character in Skin Deep, is a goat Satyr. There are also horse satyrs and fauns shown throughout the rest of the comic.
In Guillermo del Toro's 2006 film Pan's Labyrinth, a young girl encounters a faun at the entrance to a magical kingdom. He gives her three challenges to determine if she is the long-lost princess of the Underworld.
In
Disney's 1997 film Hercules, the character Phil is an
amalgamation of the hero
Philoctetes and the stereotypical satyr; his circumstances are those of the classical Philoctetes, but he looks like a satyr and exhibits satyr-like desires for wine and women.
In
Ridley Scott's Legend, the villain Darkness bears many similarities to a satyr (both in appearance and in nature). Scott said that he wanted Darkness to be "very sexual", so wanted him to be a satyr.
In 1981 film Clash of the Titans, Zeus transforms Calibos into a satyr-like creature who is subsequently shunned and forced to live as an outcast in the swamps and marshes.
Satyr is also the title of an award winning adult film starring Jenna Jameson.
In the adverts for
O2 the actor
Jim Howick plays a Satyr–Faun.
Satyrs appear as the main antagonists in the Buck Rogers in the 25th Century episode "The Satyr" that later eventually revealed to be infected with unnamed plague that turns only adult males into aforementioned satyr-like monsters along Buck Roger throughout rest of episode is not becoming one of them.[clarification needed]
Satyrs appear in the second episode of Atlantis, "A Girl By Any Other Name". Unlike their mythical counterparts, they look like large monkey-like creatures with goat eyes and serve the
Maenads.
In the 2017 film My Little Pony: The Movie, the Storm King resembles a satyr with cloven hooves and a horned crown, while his upper body is that of a baboon.
In High Guardian Spice, Professor Moss Phlox is a
blacksmith satyr, who is Parsley's teacher and one of the school's guardians.
Gaming
In the computer game series Warcraft, Satyrs appear as a race of
Demonic creatures, as corrupted
Night Elves.
In the video game God of War, the satyr is an enemy found towards the end of the game. They are depicted as extremely skilled fighters and are some of the toughest enemies found.
The video game Gladius has Satyrs available as playable characters.
In the game Mortal Kombat: Armageddon, the
centaur Motaro, along with his entire race, have been cursed. In the game, the centaurs are said to have been turned into
minotaurs; however, they resemble satyrs.
The original Doom video game and its sequel Doom II: Hell on Earth both feature two demonic creatures named Hell Knight and Baron of Hell as enemies. Both are muscle-coloured satyrs whose hands, clad in green
ectoplasmic energy, can shoot green comet-like energy balls at distance and rip enemies open at close range.
The Diablo video game series depicts several clans of satyrs (under the "generic" name of Goatmen) as enemies serving Diablo and his minions.
In the PC game Titan Quest, Satyrs are a common enemy appearing in many different variations, and are the staple "trash mob" of the game's first act set in ancient Greece.[2]
In the PC game Rift, Satyrs are a damaging pet of the Druid, a soul of the Cleric calling.
In the tabletop card game Magic: The Gathering, Satyrs are featured as hedonistic revelers on the Greek myth inspired plane of Theros, and a satyr known as Xenagos the Reveler is the primary antagonist of the Theros block.
Miscellaneous
The Christian antagonist,
Satan, is often depicted as a satyr-like being since between the late
Middle Ages to
Early Modern period, the link being pagan religions and the sinful pleasures that satyrs enjoy.
The Satyr is the name of a satirical newspaper written by students of
Manchester University.
Satyr is the name of the union of the four revues at the faculty of science of the university of Copenhagen.
Satyr is the pseudonym of
Sigurd Wongraven, one of the founding members of black metal band
Satyricon.
References
^Norman Donaldson, "Oliver Onions", in
E. F. Bleiler, ed. Supernatural Fiction Writers. New York: Scribner's, 1985. pp.505-512.
ISBN0684178087
In the young adult series, Fablehaven, satyrs are one of the many creatures found within the preserve, and several of them (Newel, Doren and Verl) play a significant role.
In
Hans Christian Andersen's
fairy tale "
The Shepherdess and the Sweep" (1845), a bearded and horned satyr carved into the mahogany door of a curio cabinet is known as "Major-general-field-sergeant-commander Billy goat's legs" and threatens a porcelain shepherdess on a nearby table top with taking her for his wife. The shepherdess shudders in horror and flees the house with her lover, a porcelain chimney sweep with a princely face "as fair and rosy as a girl's".
In
Brian Keene's Dark Hollow (previously published as The Rutting Season) a satyr is summoned by a Pennsylvanian witch practicing black
Pow-wow (folk magic) and uses its
Pan Pipes to hypnotise and abduct women in order to procreate with them.
In
Peter S. Beagle's The Last Unicorn, the Satyr is one of the Creatures of the Night, Brought to Light in Mommy Fortuna's Midnight Carnival.
Erotic romance author
Elizabeth Amber's Lords of Satyr series follows satyr heroes—men who sprout second penises and fur upon the full moon.
In the Book
Satyrday Matthew was a satyr who raised the boy, Derin, from infancy.
Comics
Greg Tragos, a main character in Skin Deep, is a goat Satyr. There are also horse satyrs and fauns shown throughout the rest of the comic.
In Guillermo del Toro's 2006 film Pan's Labyrinth, a young girl encounters a faun at the entrance to a magical kingdom. He gives her three challenges to determine if she is the long-lost princess of the Underworld.
In
Disney's 1997 film Hercules, the character Phil is an
amalgamation of the hero
Philoctetes and the stereotypical satyr; his circumstances are those of the classical Philoctetes, but he looks like a satyr and exhibits satyr-like desires for wine and women.
In
Ridley Scott's Legend, the villain Darkness bears many similarities to a satyr (both in appearance and in nature). Scott said that he wanted Darkness to be "very sexual", so wanted him to be a satyr.
In 1981 film Clash of the Titans, Zeus transforms Calibos into a satyr-like creature who is subsequently shunned and forced to live as an outcast in the swamps and marshes.
Satyr is also the title of an award winning adult film starring Jenna Jameson.
In the adverts for
O2 the actor
Jim Howick plays a Satyr–Faun.
Satyrs appear as the main antagonists in the Buck Rogers in the 25th Century episode "The Satyr" that later eventually revealed to be infected with unnamed plague that turns only adult males into aforementioned satyr-like monsters along Buck Roger throughout rest of episode is not becoming one of them.[clarification needed]
Satyrs appear in the second episode of Atlantis, "A Girl By Any Other Name". Unlike their mythical counterparts, they look like large monkey-like creatures with goat eyes and serve the
Maenads.
In the 2017 film My Little Pony: The Movie, the Storm King resembles a satyr with cloven hooves and a horned crown, while his upper body is that of a baboon.
In High Guardian Spice, Professor Moss Phlox is a
blacksmith satyr, who is Parsley's teacher and one of the school's guardians.
Gaming
In the computer game series Warcraft, Satyrs appear as a race of
Demonic creatures, as corrupted
Night Elves.
In the video game God of War, the satyr is an enemy found towards the end of the game. They are depicted as extremely skilled fighters and are some of the toughest enemies found.
The video game Gladius has Satyrs available as playable characters.
In the game Mortal Kombat: Armageddon, the
centaur Motaro, along with his entire race, have been cursed. In the game, the centaurs are said to have been turned into
minotaurs; however, they resemble satyrs.
The original Doom video game and its sequel Doom II: Hell on Earth both feature two demonic creatures named Hell Knight and Baron of Hell as enemies. Both are muscle-coloured satyrs whose hands, clad in green
ectoplasmic energy, can shoot green comet-like energy balls at distance and rip enemies open at close range.
The Diablo video game series depicts several clans of satyrs (under the "generic" name of Goatmen) as enemies serving Diablo and his minions.
In the PC game Titan Quest, Satyrs are a common enemy appearing in many different variations, and are the staple "trash mob" of the game's first act set in ancient Greece.[2]
In the PC game Rift, Satyrs are a damaging pet of the Druid, a soul of the Cleric calling.
In the tabletop card game Magic: The Gathering, Satyrs are featured as hedonistic revelers on the Greek myth inspired plane of Theros, and a satyr known as Xenagos the Reveler is the primary antagonist of the Theros block.
Miscellaneous
The Christian antagonist,
Satan, is often depicted as a satyr-like being since between the late
Middle Ages to
Early Modern period, the link being pagan religions and the sinful pleasures that satyrs enjoy.
The Satyr is the name of a satirical newspaper written by students of
Manchester University.
Satyr is the name of the union of the four revues at the faculty of science of the university of Copenhagen.
Satyr is the pseudonym of
Sigurd Wongraven, one of the founding members of black metal band
Satyricon.
References
^Norman Donaldson, "Oliver Onions", in
E. F. Bleiler, ed. Supernatural Fiction Writers. New York: Scribner's, 1985. pp.505-512.
ISBN0684178087