Hyun, Young Min. “A Biblical and Mythical Staff and the Poet`s Pen”. Modern Studies in English Language & Literature 57.1 (2013): 261-80. In the Bible and Greek myths, Gods are represented as holding staffs in their hands. Like them, their messengers, such as Moses in the Bible and Hermes in Greek myths, are also described as holding staffs in their hands. God`s holding of the staff is associated with his representation as a shepherd, for he is the ruler of all peoples in the world. Likewise the kings in the Bible and Greek myths are described as shepherds, for they are chosen by God as rulers/shepherds of his peoples/sheep. Such staffs in the hands of Moses and Hermes are related with their lives as shepherds, for they are used in shepherding cattle or sheep in the pasture, or carrying out their duties as messengers of God. Thus the shepherd`s staff in the Bible and Greek myths are symbolic of the poet`s pen, and ultimately the divine inspiration. Psalm 23 of the Bible and “The Pasture” of Robert Frost in modern poetry are discussed in terms of their identification of the shepherd`s staff with the poet`s pen. (Chungnam National University)