Greek Gods Of Hermes: The Greek God

Hermes was the Greek god of commerce, athletes, literature, poetry, invention, trade, roads, boundaries, shepherds, merchants, music, luck, riches, good fortune and travellers. His name 'Hermes' literally means 'boundary marker'. He is quick acting, cunning, adventurous and reflected as a trickster for his ingenious personality. Hermes the second youngest of the Olympian gods, is son of Zeus and the mountain Nymph Maia, goddess of clouds, one of the seven daughters of the Titan Atlas and one of the Pleiades. As a god, he was the swiftest, nobody could go anywhere faster than Hermes.

Hermes was born in Arcadia, southern Greece inside a cave on Mount Cyllene. He grew miraculously fast On his very first day of life, soon after his birth
He wore a flat, wide-brimmed hat known as "Petasus", winged sandals that gave him the ability to fly and oftentimes was found to have wings attached to his shoulders and his hat. He also carries a bag which represented his role as the Greek god of riches, trade and good fortune. Hermes’ winged staff was wrapped with snakes, or caduceus which allowed Hermes to gain access anywhere. The caduceus was given by Apollo and originally showed a willow wand accompanied by weaved ribbons. However, the ribbons were later replaced as snakes. To support this adjustment mythologically, a story developed for Hermes where he used the caduceus to depart two fighting snakes which immediately spiraled themselves together in peace. The staff was also able to charm men's eyes to sleep or to wake up those who were tamed by Hypnos, the god of
He was very skilled in speech and taught humans to learn many different languages. Hermes had great negotiation skills, clear, brief speech and verbal skills required to be a messenger. For many centuries men spoke in one tongue, before Hermes had explained and created the languages of men. He invented the alphabet, numbers, astronomy, music, gymnastics and weight