Pan was regarded as the protector of shepherds and huntsmen, and the patron of fishing and bee-keeping. […] The usual offerings to Pan were milk and honey. […] Pan changed her into a pine-tree. […] They transformed her into a reed just as Pan was about to seize her. […] Pan cut seven of them of unequal length, joined them together, and succeeded in producing the instrument called syrinx, or Pandean pipes.