IV. [1] Some however record that when the lands were covered everywhere by the flood, many people from various regions settled in the mountains to which they had fled; of these, some travelled to Italy seeking a home, and they were called Aborigines. This is of course a Greek name, taken from the heights of mountains which are called ore in Greek. [2] Others prefer the theory that they wandered on their way there and were first called Ab-err-igines, and that after one letter was changed and another removed the name became Aborigines. [3] When they arrived Picus welcomed them and gave them permission to live however they wished. [4] After Picus, Faunus reigned in Italy, who is thought to have his name from fari, "to prophesy", because he was wont to foretell the future in song, in the meter which we call "Saturnians": this type of meter was first handed down in Saturnian prophecy. [5]  Ennius attests to this matter, when he says,

in verses which once Fauns and prophets sang ¹²

[6] Most have said that this Faunus was the same as Silvanus (from "forests", silvae), but some identify him with the god Inuus, some even with Pana or Pan.