Chapter 7 Web Links

Hermes and Hestia

History: From Herms to Hermes

•         “Hermes” video-podcast (11:12) from Learn Out Loud which provides an introduction to the god.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCEYg-Jppr4

Theory: The Mind Structures Myths in Archetypes

•         “Hochunk legends” including stories featuring the trickster Wakajunkaga—a trickster character. This website is run by the Minnesota non-profit corporation Native Languages of the Americas.

http://www.native-languages.org/hochunk-legends.htm

Comparison: Egypt: Thoth

•         “Religion” Website of the PBS series “Egypt’s Golden Empire” including information on Thoth and a short clip from the series (2:45).

http://www.pbs.org/empires/egypt/newkingdom/religion.html

Reception: Hermaphroditus in Pre-Raphealite Art

•         “Sleeping Hermaphroditos” Website of the Louvre Museum’s online collection  with this descriptive entry on the sculpture which was discovered in Rome, near the Baths of Diocletian in 1608.

http://www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/sleeping-hermaphroditos

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