Monday, March 28, 2011

Day Fifteen: Herms

For your viewing pleasure, a few herms from around the world:






<-- Herm of Demosthenes












Unknown herm





Herm of Fundilia Rufa








Another unknown herm. This one seems older than the others.

3 comments:

  1. Wonder if the varying heights of genitalia symbolizes anything...

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  2. Were there many female tricksters? A lot of the trickster myths we've talked about involves penises in some way, and I can't remember if any of the tricksters brought up so far have been female.

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  3. So far we haven't covered any but I think Prof. Kauffman said there are a few but not many.

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