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Silvan or Sylvan may refer to:

Aldo Savoldello, an italian magician and illusionist who has used "Silvan" as a stage name
Silvan, Turkey, a city in Turkey
Silvan, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia
Sylvan, tree spirits known as "silvans" in the Chronicles of Narnia
Sylvan, a faction in the game Heroes of Might and Magic V
Sylvan Learning, a remedial and enrichment tutoring company
Silvan Elves, a people of J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium
Sylvain Grenier, a professional wrestler who has used "Sylvan" as a stage name
Sylvan, German progressive rock band
Sylvan Rodriguez, a television news personality in Texas
Silvan Shalom, a Tunisian-born Israeli policitician and a member of his adopted country's Likud party.

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-'''Sylvan''' or '''Silvan''' refers to an association with the [[Woodland|woods]]. Specifically, that which inhabits the wood, is made of [[tree]] materials, or comprises the [[forest]] itself. The term can also refer to a person who resides in the woods or a spirit of the wood.<ref>{{cite web | year=2006| title=Entry for Sylvan | format=HTML | work=Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.0.1) | url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/silvan | accessdate=2006-12-18}}</ref> In mythology, the term also refers to deities or spirits of the woods.<ref>{{OED|sylvan}}</ref>
+'''Silvan''' or '''Sylvan''' may refer to:
-== Textual examples ==
-In the [[Chronicles of Narnia]], silvans are [[tree spirit]]s, appearing primarily in the second book of the series, ''[[Prince Caspian]]''.
+* [[Aldo Savoldello]], an italian magician and illusionist who has used "Silvan" as a stage name
-In the book, the following exchange occurs:
+* [[Silvan, Turkey]], a city in Turkey
+* [[Silvan, Victoria]], a suburb of Melbourne, Australia
+* [[Sylvan]], tree spirits known as "silvans" in the [[Chronicles of Narnia]]
+* Sylvan, a faction in the game [[Heroes of Might and Magic V]]
+* [[Sylvan Learning]], a remedial and enrichment tutoring company
+* [[Silvan Elves]], a people of J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium
+* [[Sylvain Grenier]], a professional wrestler who has used "Sylvan" as a stage name
+* Sylvan, German progressive rock band
+* [[Sylvan Rodriguez]], a television news personality in Texas
+* [[Silvan Shalom]], a [[Tunisia|Tunisian]]-born [[Israel|Israeli]] policitician and a member of his adopted country's [[Likud]] party.
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-:''"Huge people - beautiful people - like gods and goddesses and giants. Hundreds and thousands of them, closing in behind us. What are they?"
-:''"It's the [[Dryad]]s and [[Hamadryad]]s and Silvans," said Trufflehunter. "Aslan has waked them."''
-In the ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' role playing game, Sylvan is the language of all magical creatures associated with the wilderness, such as [[fairies]], [[dryad]]s, [[centaur]]s and such.
-In the computer game ''[[Heroes of Might and Magic V]],'' Sylvan is a playable faction, featuring the Elves and other mythical forest creatures such as [[Sprites]], [[Unicorns]], Treants and [[Dragons]].
-[[John Keats]] calls the subject of his famous poem "[[Ode to a Grecian Urn]]" a Sylvan historian.
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-[[Category:Trees in mythology]]
-[[Category:Deities, spirits, and mythic beings]]
-[[Category:Fictional elves]]
-[[Category:Fictional fairies and sprites]]
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