The Great God Pan mistreating women the way that Raymond mistreated Mary. Pan was an ancient Greek god primarily worshipped in Arcadia who was associated with shepherds and their flocks, and with nature. He was believed to lurk in caves, mountains, and other lonely, isolated locations. In some stories, he inflicted his enemies with sudden terror (i.e. "panic"). The phrase, "the great God Pan" comes from an ancient Greek folktale recorded in Plutarch's "De defectu oraculorum" ("On the Decline of Oracles"), which claims that a Greek sailor near the island of Paxi during the reign of Emperor Tiberius (ruled 14–37 AD) heard a voice
Lada (mythology) the source, Lada is thought to derive either from a Latvian goddess, or the Finno-Slavic Mokosh, or the Great Mother Goddess of the northern Letts (Latvians) and Mordvins. Other sources identify her with Loduna, the Scandinavian goddess of fire, the hearth, and herds. A seventeenth-century text names Lada as the mother of Lel and Polel, who are linked with the twins Castor and Pollux, the sons of Leda in Greek mythology. Another connection to Leda comes through association with the Polish twin deities Zizilia and Didilia, who are also associated with love and fertility. Some authors see the male Lado