Picus  minor woodland god
 
Picus was a minor woodland god. The woodpecker was named after him.

Picus was in love with a nymph Canens, whom he was betrothed to, but the sorceress Circe was in love him. In revenge for refusing her advance, Circe transformed him into a woodpecker.

The woodpecker was a sacred bird to the god Mars. Picus was said to have a prophetic gift.

In Virgil's Aeneid, Picus was an early king of Italy, who was the son of Saturn. Picus became the father of Faunus and grandfather of Latinus.