'''Hermes''' was the Olympian god of herds and flocks, travellers and hospitality, roads and trade, thievery and cunning, heralds and diplomacy, language and writing, athletic contests and gymnasiums, astronomy and astrology. He was the herald and personal messenger of Zeus, King of the Gods, and also the guide of the dead who led souls down into the underworld. He is able to move quickly and freely between the worlds of the mortal and the divine aided by his winged sandals.

In myth, Hermes functions as the emissary and messenger of the gods, and is often presented as the son of Zeus and Maia, the Pleiad. He is regarded as "the divine trickster", about which the Homeric Hymn to Hermes offers the most well-known account.

Hermes's attributes and symbols include the herma, the rooster, the tortoise, satchel or pouch, talaria (winged sandals), and winged helmet or simple petasos, as well as the palm tree, goat, the number four, several kinds of fish, and incense. However, his main symbol is the caduceus, a winged staff intertwined with two snakes copulating and carvings of the other gods.

In Roman mythology and religion many of Hermes's characteristics belong to Mercury, a name derived from the Latin merx, meaning "merchandise," and the origin of the words "merchant" and "commerce." The Etruscans equated him with Turms.

The earliest centre of his cult was probably Arcadia, where Mt. Cyllene was reputed to be his birthplace. There he was especially worshipped as the god of fertility, and his images were ithyphallic.

Both in literature and cult Hermes was constantly associated with the protection of cattle and sheep, and he was often closely connected with deities of vegetation, especially Pan and the nymphs. In the Odyssey, however, he appears mainly as the messenger of the gods and the conductor of the dead to Hades. Hermes was also a dream god, and the Greeks offered to him the last libation before sleep. As a messenger, he may also have become the god of roads and doorways, and he was the protector of travellers. Treasure casually found was his gift, and any stroke of good luck was attributed to him; this conception and his function as a deity of gain, honest or dishonest, are natural derivatives of his character as a god of fertility. In many respects he was Apollo’s counterpart; like him, Hermes was a patron of music and was credited with the invention of the kithara and sometimes of music itself. He was also god of eloquence and presided over some kinds of popular divination.

The sacred number of Hermes was four, and the fourth day of the month was his birthday. In archaic art, apart from the stylized herms, he was portrayed as a full-grown and bearded man, clothed in a long tunic and often wearing a cap and winged boots. Sometimes he was represented in his pastoral character, bearing a sheep on his shoulders; at other times he appeared as the messenger of the gods with the kērykeion, or herald’s staff, which was his most frequent attribute. From the latter part of the 5th century bce he was portrayed as a nude and beardless youth, a young athlete.

Below are characters from Greek mythology who are considered children of Hermes. In some cases there are conflicting stories about who their parents are. A complete list is here.
*Evander
*Pan
*Hermaphroditus
*Abderus
*Autolycus
*Eudoros
*Angelia
*Myrtilus
*Palaestra
*Aethalides
*Arabius
*Astacus
*Bounos
*Cephalus
*Cydon
*Pharis
*Polybus
*Prylis
*Saon

All published appearances of Hermes from before January 1, )-(95)}} are public domain in the US.

Notable appearances are listed below:

*Iliad
*Odyssey
*Works and Days
*Homeric Hymn 4 to Hermes
*The Eumenides
*Philoctetes by Sophocles
*Rhesus by Euripides
*Aesop's Fables

*Humdinger vol. 1 #4

*The Gorgon's Head (1925)

*The Digimon [https://wikimon.net/Hermmon Hermmon] was named after the Greek god Hermes.

Mercury111111.jpg|from Humdinger #4

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*Myths in Media Wiki
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