side perspective of hermes
precession
the method used by hermes to hide the cattle (taurus) he stole from apollo
-grabs cattle by tail to make them walk backwards
zodiac circle
hermes made a lyre with the following
-spangled (divided) tortoise shell (circle)
-two horns
–1. earth sun axis; noon & midnight
–2. earth orbit axis; 6am & 6pm
-seven string made of cow gut
–six & two halves zodiac constellations
–representing maximum daylight hours during summer
moses & priests staff battle
-pseudo-hyginus, astronomica 2. 7
when mercury [mermes], holding it in his hand,
was journeying to arcadia and saw two snakes with bodies intertwined,
apparently fighting, he put down the staff between them.
they separated then,
and so he said that the staff had been appointed to bring peace.
birth of j.esus; 3:14am
hermes was born in a cave…
-homeric hymn 18 to hermes 3 ff:
[maia]…ever she avoided the throng of the blessed gods and lived in a shadowy cave,
and there kronion [zeus] used to lie with the rich-tressed nymphe at dead of night,
(many individuals die in their sleep during the "dead" of night)
while white-armed hera lay bound in sweet sleep:
and neither deathless god nor mortal man knew it.
-pseudo-apollodorus, bibliotheca 3. 112:
the oldest daughter [of atlas] maia,
after her intercourse with zeus,
bore hermes in a cave(animal stable) on kyllene.
though he was laid out in swaddling-clothes with her winnowing-basket for a cradle (manger),
he escaped and made his way to pieria,
where he stole some cattle (created a flock / congregation) that apollon was tending.
sources:
https://www.theoi.com/Olympios/HermesMyths.html#Theft1
https://www.theoi.com/Olympios/HermesMyths.html#Lyre
https://www.theoi.com/Olympios/HermesTreasures.html#Rod
https://www.theoi.com/Olympios/HermesMyths.html#Birth
fun navigation stuff
we three kings of orient are…
-kings wear crowns
-a chrosmas tree is crowned with a star
three stars
see pic, tip of index finger
stars of orions belt
ref about ancient nav tech:
https://theconversation.com/how-far-theyll-go-moana-shows-the-power-of-polynesian-celestial-navigation-72375