Hermes (Greek: Ἑ) ρμ ῆ ς、 Hermes) is the god of commerce, travelers, thieves and livestock in ancient Greek mythology. He is also the messenger of the gods and one of the twelve main gods of Olympus. It is the son of Maia, the daughter of Zeus and Atlas. Rome is also called Mercury.
Hermes was born in a cave in Alcadia and was the god of Alcadia. After the unification of Olympus, he became the messenger and messenger of Zeus. At the same time, it is also regarded as the patron saint of passers-by, doctors, thieves and merchants, and the god of eloquence. Legend has it that he invented ruler, number and letter. He was clever and cunning, and was regarded as the creator of deception. He passed on the deception to his son. He was also the inventor of the lyre and the patron saint of various Greek competitive competitions.
Later, he was mixed with the ancient Egyptian wisdom god Tod, and was considered to be the protector of magic. His wand could make gods and people fall asleep and wake them up from their dreams.

Hermes is a god in Greek mythology. Born to Maia, daughter of Zeus and Atlas. It is said that he was born in Mount Kulenie, so he is also called the god of Kulenie. He may be an ancient, almost primitive god. At first, he was the embodiment of the powerful forces of nature, and later became the god of animal husbandry and the protector of herdsmen. He taught people to light the fire on the altar, and first asked people to contribute cooked food. His worship and myths about him contain the characteristics of the typical underworld god: he often accompanied Persephone to the underworld, escorting the ghosts of the dead to the underworld; He once led the great hero Hercules to the underworld and brought Cerberus, the three dogs of the underworld, to the world. He wears sandals with flying wings and holds a magic wand. He can fly around as quickly as his mind. Therefore, he became the messenger and messenger of Zeus. He is also regarded as the protector of passers-by. People have his pillar on the road, which is also the God of eloquence. At first he was portrayed as a symbol of male genitalia. As the protector of the herd, he had a lamb on his shoulder. In ancient works of art, he was a grown man with a long beard.
Hermes is clever, witty and cunning. He is also regarded as the creator of deception. He passed it on to his son. He was also the inventor of the lyre and the patron saint of various Greek competitions. Later, he was mixed with the ancient Egyptian wisdom god Tod, and was considered to be the protector of magic. His wand could make gods and people fall asleep and wake them up from dreams.
He is the god of border and crossing travelers, also in charge of shepherd and cattle herder, debate and tongue, poetry and words, sports, weight and measurement, invention and commerce, and he is also the god of cunning thieves and swindlers. Homer's Ode describes him as "resourceful and cunning, a thief, a cattle thief, a dreammaker, a night watchman, and a lurking man at the door. He quickly shows his brilliant achievements in the immortal gods." (Translated from English: "resourceful and cunning, a robot, a trustler of castle, a bringer of dreams, a night watcher, a gate walker, who was soon to display degrees of renown along the international goals" [3])
Hermes invented drilling wood to make fire, and he also invented the lyre. Hermes was also the inventor of various competitive competitions and boxing, and therefore became the protector of athletes. Modern myth collectors often compare Hermes with trickster in other national cultures.
Hermes was also the god of the dead. He helped the dead to reach the underworld. In many Greek mythology, Hermes is the only god who can enter and leave the underworld freely except Hades and Persephone.
The representative animals of Hermes are roosters and turtles. He wears a leather bag or wallet, sandals with wings on his feet, a wing cap on his head, and the scepter of God of Commerce in his hand, also known as the double snake staff. Hermes also became the god of thieves because of his wit and cunning. He had become a thief on the first night of his life, sneaking out from his mother Mia to steal his brother Apollo's divine cow.
Hermes was very loyal to his father Zeus. When Io, one of Zeus's lovers, was captured by Hera and sent the hundred eyed giant Argos to guard, it was Hermes who saved her. He lulled the giant to sleep by singing sweet songs and telling tedious stories, and then cut off his head with a crescent shaped machete.
Hermes corresponds to Mercury in Roman mythology. Mercury inherited many characteristics of Hermes, such as the patron saint of commerce. Hermes had wings on his feet, so he walked like a fly. He became the messenger of Zeus and the gods on Mount Olympus. He sent messages to the gods and completed various tasks assigned to him by Zeus.

Thief stealing cattle
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In the Klings Bay in southern Greece, there is a Julian Mountain. There are green trees on the mountain. There is a cave beside the spring. In this cave, there lives a mountain goddess, whose name is Maia. She often goes out and plays with her sister and friends. She was the most beautiful among the goddesses, so Zeus took a fancy to her. Soon, a boy named Hermes was born. [1]
When Hermes was just born, he caught a turtle and made its shell into a lyre, so Hermes was the founder of the lyre. Then he ran to his brother Apollo's cowshed at night and stole fifty cows. When stealing cattle, he also drove the cattle forward, backward, and sideways, changing the direction of walking constantly, so that the footprints of the cattle were messy and people could not see the direction of the cattle. He was afraid that his little footprints would be found, so he weaved a pair of big straw sandals and put them on his feet, so that his footprints would become the size of a giant.
He settled the cattle in a cowshed in the distance, killed two cows, and then took out the small knife with him, cut the cattle and roasted them for eating. After eating, he took a handful of sand, put out the fire without leaving any trace, and then ran back to the cave where he and his mother lived, put on diapers, and lay back in the cradle. After a long journey and a full meal, he finally wanted to sleep, and soon fell asleep. [1]
At this time, Apollo found that there seemed to be fewer cattle in his cattle pen. He looked at the cow's footprints. He walked down the hillside until he could see them after crossing a pond. An old man saw Hermes driving a group of cattle by yesterday, and told Apollo that it was a child who stole the cattle. Apollo followed his footsteps and found the cave where Hermes lived. Apollo rushed in angrily and met a beautiful mountain goddess. He asked, "Where is the child born yesterday? There is no one but him who stole my cow." Mia pointed to the cradle and said, "I slept there. However, how could such a small child steal cattle when he was still wrapped in diapers? Go search for them yourself and see if there are any cows hidden in my house."
Apollo grabbed a branch and searched everywhere in the big cave. As a child, Hermes pretended to be sleeping while secretly looking at Apollo. "Hey, hey, have you ever cheated me? Get up!" Apollo shouted, "You sly thief, if you don't admit it honestly, I will throw you from the rift of the valley to hell! If you go to hell, your father Zeus has no ability to bring you out!"
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However, Apollo did not find any evidence, and Hermes refused to admit it, so Apollo took Hermes to Zeus and asked him to judge the right and wrong. Zeus asked, "Where did you pick up this baby? It seems that I have never seen it before." Apollo said, "Father, this baby, although he looks so small, his mind is not even that of an adult! To tell the truth, he is more cunning than an adult. This little devil has hidden my fifty cows. If an old man had not told me, to be honest, I would not know who stole these cows. Please ask father to return them to me!"
Hermes said, "Father, I can call you that! And the gods present here, please listen to me. My name is Hermes, and I was born by my mother Mia. Please admit me. Father of the gods, a child as young as I, can you drive away fifty cows? You can't touch the nose of a cow!" "Don't go on." Although Zeus was very clear in his heart, he still said with a smile: "I don't need to deal with your child's quarrel. You'd better solve it yourself. Go and find it again." [1]
Hermes knew very well that Apollo was very powerful. Now Zeus did not judge him wrong. Of course, he immediately accepted the advice and left. Apollo had to follow him. Hermes knew that Apollo would find the cattle one day, so he admitted that he stole the cattle, but he took out his lyre made of turtle shell and gave it to Apollo to ask for his forgiveness. Apollo saw the beautiful tone of the harp, so he was very happy to accept it and forgive Hermes. Hermes also had another flute made of reeds, which Apollo also liked very much. He exchanged the flute with Hermes with a scepter of God of Commerce, which had magical power and could mediate any dispute. From then on, Apollo had the lyre and became the god of music art. They become brothers and friends. Apollo wanted to help Hermes enter Mount Olympus to live, but it must be approved by Hera, the god who has always hated Maia. Apollo himself went to persuade Queen Hera for the sake of Hermes. In order to persuade Hera to succeed, he changed Hermes into the appearance of Ares, Hera's son, and finally agreed to let Hermes live in Olympus Mountain.

Hera hired Argos to guard poor Io, so that Zeus could not take away his fallen lover. Under the close watch of Argos with a hundred eyes, Io ate grass on the grassland full of rich grass all day long. Argos was always standing near her, staring at her with a hundred eyes, and faithfully performing his duty as a guard. When the sun went down, he chained her around the neck. She wanted to plead with him in touching words, but she could only make a moo and moo when she opened her mouth, which made her shocked. Argos did not always guard her in a fixed pasture, because Hera told him to constantly change Io's residence, making it difficult for Zeus to find her. In this way, Io's guards led her to graze in various places.
Zeus could not bear Io's long suffering. He summoned his son Hermes to him and ordered him to use his trickery to lure Inakos to close all his eyes. Hermes left his father's palace and landed on earth with a drowsy stick. He dropped his hat and wings, carrying only the stick, and looked like a shepherd. Hermes called a flock of sheep to follow him to the grass. This is the place where Io chews the tender grass and Argos watches over her. Hermes pulled out a shepherd's flute. The shepherd flute is antique, elegant and unique. He plays music that is more beautiful than that played by human herdsmen. Argos likes the charming flute sound very much. He stood up from the stone sitting on the high place and shouted down: "No matter who you are, I warmly welcome you, flute player. Come on, sit on the rock beside me and have a rest! The grass in other places is not as lush and fresh as here. Look, how comfortable it is under the shade of trees here!"
Hermes said thank you and climbed up the hill to sit beside him. The two men began to talk. The more they talked, the more speculative they became, and the day was almost over before they knew it. Argos yawned a few times, and a hundred eyes were drowsy. Hermes played his shepherd's flute again, trying to lull Argos to sleep. But Argos was afraid of his mistress's anger, and did not dare to relax his duties. Although his one hundred eyelids were almost unable to support him, he still struggled with drowsiness, letting some eyes sleep first and the other eyes open, keeping a close eye on the heifer, to prevent it from taking the opportunity to escape. Although Argos had a hundred eyes, he had never seen that kind of shepherd flute. He was curious and asked about the origin of this shepherd flute.
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"I'd like to tell you," said Hermes, "If you don't mind it's too late and listen patiently, I'd be happy to tell you. Once upon a time, there lived a famous mountain goddess on the snow mountain of Alcadia. Her name was Hamad Ruades (also called Xu Renkes in Rome) 。 At that time, the forest god and the agricultural god Satune were obsessed with her beauty and pursued her enthusiastically, but she always skillfully got rid of their pursuit because she was afraid of marriage. At this time, Pan, the mountain god, ran to her. He opened his arms and hugged the girl standing on the bank of the river. But to his surprise, he found that what he held was not a girl, but a reed. The mountain god sighed sadly, and his voice became thick and loud as it passed through the reed pipe. This wonderful voice finally comforted the disappointed God. "Well, deformed lover," he cried out with sudden joy in pain, "even so, we should be united!" After saying that, he cut the reed into different short poles, connected the reed poles with wax, and named his reed flute after the girl Hamad Ruades. Since then, we have called this kind of shepherd flute Xu Renkes. " Hermes kept his eyes fixed on Argos as he told the story. Before the story was finished, Argos closed his eyes one by one. At last, one hundred of his eyes were closed, and he fell into a deep sleep. Hermes stopped playing his shepherd's flute. He touched one hundred divine eyes of Argos with his divine staff to make them sleep more deeply. Argos finally fell asleep uncontrollably. Hermes quickly pulled out a sharp sword hidden in his coat pocket and cut off his head with his neck. Io was freed.

Hermes and the Earth God
Zeus created men and women, and commanded Hermes to lead them to the earth, and instructed them to cultivate land and produce food. Hermes was ordered to do so. At the very beginning, the God wanted to obstruct. Hermes forced her to say that it was Zeus' order. The Earth God said, "Then let them cultivate as they like. Anyway, they will cry to pay for it." [2]
This story applies to those who borrow easily but pay hard.
Hermes and Teresias
Hermes wanted to test the prophecy of Teresias, so he stole two of his cattle from the pasture, turned into a human, went to the city to find him, and came to his home as a guest. Tiresias knew that the cattle had been stolen, so he took Hermes to the countryside to observe the signs of theft, and said to Hermes, if you see any birds, tell him immediately. When Hermes saw an eagle flying from left to right, he told him at once. Thesias said that it was irrelevant. Then Hermes saw a crow fly to a tree, sometimes looking up, sometimes looking down, and then ran to report to him. Theresias said, "The crow swore to the God of heaven and earth that if you want, my cow can be found."
The story can be told to the thief.
Hermes and Craftsman
Zeus told Hermes to give the craftsmen all the medicine for telling lies. After the medicine was developed, he sprinkled it evenly on each craftsman. Finally, only the cobbler was left, but there were still many medicines left. He took the remaining medicines and sprinkled them on the cobbler. Since then, craftsmen have lied, especially leather craftsmen. [2]
This story applies to liars.
Hermes' car and Arabians
One day, Hermes drove a car full of lies, deceit and blackmail to travel around the world, and distributed the contents of the car to people everywhere. It is said that when he came to the Arabian country, the car suddenly broke down. The Arabians thought that the car was loaded with valuables, so they robbed all the things in the car. Hermes could not go to other places to distribute these things.
The story is that Arabians are the best liars, and they don't have a word of truth in their mouth.

Hermes and Sculptors
Hermes wanted to know how much people respected him, so he turned into a mortal and came to a sculptor's shop. When he saw the statue of Zeus, he asked how much it cost. The sculptor replied that it was a silver dollar. He smiled and asked how much Hera's statue cost. The sculptor said it was more expensive. When he saw his own image, he thought that as an envoy of God and a God of wealth and happiness, he should mark a high price. Hermes pointed to his statue and asked how much it cost. The sculptor replied, "If you buy those two, I will give you this as a change for nothing." [2]
This story shows that those who love vanity are often looked down upon by others.
Philosophers, Ants and Hermes
A philosopher saw a ship wrecked on the sea, and all its sailors and passengers were drowned. He complained about the unfairness of heaven. He let all the innocent people die in the boat for a guilty person to take the boat occasionally. While he was deep in thought, he felt that he was surrounded by a large group of ants. The philosopher was standing by the ant nest. An ant climbed on his foot and bit him. He immediately trampled them all to death with his feet. At this time, Hermes came out. He knocked the philosopher with a stick and said, "You treat the poor ants like God. How can you be a judge of the way of heaven?"
The story is that people should not be critical of others, because they are bound to make the same mistakes as others.
The statue of Hermes and the carpenter
A very poor carpenter offered a wooden statue of Hermes, the god of wealth, and asked for wealth. In spite of his constant prayers, the days became poorer and poorer. Finally, in a fit of anger, he took the statue down from the altar and threw it against the wall. The head of the statue was broken off, and a spring of gold poured out. The carpenter quickly picked up the statue and said, "I think you are so unreasonable that I can't do anything about it. I respect you and worship you, but I can't get any benefits. I made a fortune if I was not good to you." [2]
The story is that some people offer a toast rather than pay a penalty, and we have to take tough measures against such people.

Hermes and the Woodcutter
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Once upon a time, there was a woodcutter who was gathering firewood by the river. He accidentally dropped his axe into the river. He sat on the bank and cried bitterly. Hermes happened to pass by and asked why he was crying. He felt sorry for him and jumped into the river to get an axe. The first time, he fished out a golden axe, but the woodcutter said it was not his; The second time, he brought up a silver axe, and the woodcutter said no; The third time, he picked up the woodcutter's axe, which was approved by the other party. Hermes saw that the woodcutter was honest and gave him all three axes.
The woodcutter returned home and told the story to his friends. A partner wanted to get benefits, so he took an axe and went to the river to cut firewood. He deliberately threw the axe into the river without cutting it a few times, and then sat there crying. Before long, Hermes appeared and asked him what had happened. He replied that he had lost his axe. Hermes picked up a golden axe and asked if it was his. The man immediately said it was his own. Hermes understood his intention, and not only did he not give him the golden axe, but also he did not care about the axe he fell into the river.
This story shows that God only treats honest people favorably, but despises those shameless villains