Gods & Deities ยท Greece
Hermes
The Greek messenger god of roads, doorways, travelers, clever exchange, and crossings between worlds.
Legend File
Hermes moves where other gods pause. He crosses roads, doors, markets, borders, and the line between the living and the dead, carrying messages and guiding souls with the same quick intelligence. His myths make movement sacred: every threshold can become a deal, a trick, a journey, or a passage into another world.
Source Framing
Greek religion and mythology around Hermes, son of Zeus and Maia, as messenger, patron of roads, doorways, travellers, exchange, and psychopomp; later Roman identification with Mercury kept distinct from the Greek figure.
