Saturday, December 25, 2010

*Hermes*

The Roman name of Hermes is Mercury/Mercurious .
He had two sons named Hermaphroditus & Priapus .
We got the english word Hermaphrodite from Hermaphroditus because he both have a sex organ of a male & female.
One of his famous acts is slaying the Hundred-eyed monster by lulling it with sleeping stories.
Its name is Argos.
As a patron of sheperds his powers is to multiply them.
The major function of Hermes is to Guide the souls of dead to Hades.
Hermes role is a Pysochocomp or conductors of souls.
He easily crossed the barrier between the living and dead.
In Pandora's story he taught her how to deceive.
Hermes is a son of Zeus from a Mountain nymph called Maia.

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