It was not until Christianity attributed horns to Satan as part of his iconography that horned gods became associated with evil in Western mythology:

Modern scholarship has disproved his claims, however various horned gods and mother goddesses were indeed worshipped in the British Isles during the ancient and early medieval periods.

Horned gods are not universal however, and in some cultures Bear gods, like Arktos might take the role, or even the more anthropomorphic deities who lead the Wild Hunt.

Rather, this image is apparently based on pagan Horned Gods, such as Pan, Cernunnos, Molek, Selene and Dionysus, common to many pagan religions.

Wicca followers, like the Canaanites, visualise their gods as images of animals or horned gods, thus breaking the second commandment of the group with whom they seek closer ties (Exodus 20:4).