Hermes

Son of Zeus and Maia, herald of the gods, guide of souls and trickster.

Parentage

• Zeus

Children

• Autolycus
• Pan

Domains

• heralds and travel
• boundaries and trade

Powers

• Conducts the souls of the dead to the underworld
• Lulls or wakes mortals with a touch of his wand
• Carries the decrees of Zeus to gods and men

Epithets

• Ἀργειφόντης
• Ψυχοπομπός
• Διάκτορος
• ἐριούνιος
• Ἀγοραῖος
• Λόγιος
• χρυσόρραπις
• ἐύσκοπος
• Κριοφόρος

Relations

• sibling: Hebe
• sibling: Ares
• sibling: Apollo
• sibling: Aeacus
• sibling: Athena
• sibling: Dionysus
• sibling: Artemis
• interpretatio: Thoth
• syncretism: Anubis
• interpretatio: Kadmilos, the Divine Attendant of the Great Gods

Sources

• Hesiod, Theogony 938-939