Hermes: Guide of Souls (Dunquin Series) by Karl Kerenyi  (1)
$18.13
|
Apocalypse and/or Metamorphosis by Norman O. Brown  (2)
$21.95
|
This item is not eligible for Amazon Prime, but millions of other items are. Join Amazon Prime today. Already a member? Sign in.
|
|||||||||
Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought
Editorial Reviews
Book Description
Hermes -- trickster and culture hero, divine child and patron of stealthy action, master of magic words, seducer and whisperer -- is a vital and complex figure in Greek mythology. Shepherd, craftsman, herald, musician, athlete, merchant -- who is this tricky shapechanger confronting us at every turn?
Hermes -- trickster and culture hero, divine child and patron of stealthy action, master of magic words, seducer and whisperer -- is a vital and complex figure in Greek mythology. Shepherd, craftsman, herald, musician, athlete, merchant -- who is this tricky shapechanger confronting us at every turn?
This classic, prescient work (first published in 1947) foreshadows all subsequent work greeting the return of the gods. Brown asks whether Hermes the Thief is the prototype, from which the Trickster was derived by extension and analogy—or is the notion of trickery fundamental, and that of theft merely a specific manifestation of it?"
Brown deals with myth and cult, art and ritual, gods and goddesses as he traces the evolution of Hermes from sacred stoneheap and phallus to the Homeric Hymn to Hermes and the Hesiodic poems.
Hermes the Thief should be of fundamental interest to anyone concerned with mythology, Greek religion, or Hermeticism.
About the Author
NORMAN O. BROWN is author of Life Against Death, Love's Body, and Closing Time.
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
Citations
(learn more)
12
books
cite this book:
See all 12 books citing this book
- Cooperation: Beyond the Age of Competition (World Futures General Evolution Studies) by Allan Combs on page 115
- Health and Healing: The Philosophy of Integrative Medicine and Optimum Health by Andrew T. Weil in Back Matter
- Muhammad and the Golden Bough: Reconstructing Arabian Myth by Jaroslav Stetkevych in Back Matter
- Signs of the Zodiac: A Reference Guide to Historical, Mythological, and Cultural Associations by Mary Ellen Snodgrass in Back Matter
- The Golden Wand of Medicine: A History of the Caduceus Symbol in Medicine (Contributions in Medical Studies) by Walter J. Friedlander on page 53
See all 12 books citing this book