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| Patron god of merchants and traders: made money by imports and exports (changing places); god of transition, magic, tricksters, and thiefs as well as the messenger god; wore winged helmet (petasos) and shoes, carried caduceus; had a runner's physique as he ran to carry messages |
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| Zeus' eagle stole Aphrodite's sandal and brought it to Hermes where she had to submit to him; this man was born, later Salmacis prayed they would never be separated and he became the transition of the two sexes |
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Patron god of shepherds and flocks, Hermes’ son
1. Goat form: looks like goat, NOT a satyr; still oversexed
2. Pan and Syrinx: nymph, hunting maiden; she became reeds at edge of river
3. Invention of panpipes: grabbed reeds from Syrinx, put them together with wax, called SYRINX, 7 reeds attached |
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| nymph, hunting maiden; pursued by Pan, prayed to the gods and turned into reeds at the edge of a river bank; when Pan tried to grab her, he grabbed reeds and made the panpipes/Syrinx |
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| daughters of King Cecrops of Athens, one love of Hermes, the other jealous, tried to block the doorway and demand gold from Hermes; Hermes turned her into stone and she became stone of the threshold; related to Hermes' role as god of passing boundaries |
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| symbol for man’s soul, Hermes escorts her to Heaven |
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| often represented with two intertwined snakes, associated with Hermes |
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