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Hermes Trismegistus

deity Greek single tradition · 4

Hermes Trismegistus is a single deity notable for having three aspects in Hellenistic religious traditions. The text does not specify his individual roles or characteristics.

↻ synthesized from 4 sources

When

First attested
300 BCE
Attested period
-300 – 2020
Historical notes
Hellenistic period.

Relationships

co occurs with
the Holy Spirit, Amenhotep, Teôs, fourth Mercury, fifth, Fuxi, Zoroaster, Hapy, Gengen-Wer, Hery-maat, Banebdjedet, Harsomtus, Amu-Aa, Apesh, Am-heh, Buchis, Ba-Pef, Babi, Ha, Hemen, Hauron, Henkhisesui, Heryshaf, Aa, Abtu, Aby, Amenhotep, son of Hapu, An-a-f, An-hetep-f, Astennu, Ba, Denwen, Djebuty, Djedefhor, Djefa, Dionysus-Osiris, Dunanwi, Fetket, Hapi-Wet, Har-em-akhet, Heneb, Heqaib, Heru-Khu, Hery-sha-duat, Hez-Ur, Hraf-haf, Apollo, Hadad, Mars, Dionysus, Aphrodite, Osiris, Athena, Kronos, Vesta, Ashtart, Ceres, Hecate, God the Father, the Son, Moirai, Badb, Macha, Mórrígan, Laima, Kārta, Dēkla, Parcae, Norns, Fá, Baal, Apedemak, Arensnuphis, Dedun, Ani, Ash, Harpocrates, Abu, Heka, Apophis, Andjety, Aqen, Duamutef, Bata, Hu, Akhty, Hermanubis, Aati, Duau, Aani, Im-ho-tep, Artemis (Diana)
syncretized with
Hermes, Thoth, Idris

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Mentioned by

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Sources

wikipedia (4)
  1. Triple goddesses
  2. Hermes Trismegistus
  3. Sebeg
  4. Interpretatio graeca

Source passages

“or a single deity notable for having three aspects (Greek Hecate and Hellenistic Hermes Trismegistus).”

#20750 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Faivre (1995) has pointed out that Hermes Trismegistus has a place in the Islamic tradition, although the name Hermes does not appear in the Qur'an. Hagiographers and chroniclers of the first centuries of the Islamic Hijrah quickly identified Hermes Trismegistus with Idris, the Islamic prophet of surahs 19.57 and 21.85”

#24155 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Hermes Trismegistus – A Greco-Egyptian god and legendary author of the Hermetica who was a syncretism from Hermes and Thoth”

#24857 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“Bull, Christian H., The Tradition of Hermes Trismegistus: The Egyptian Priestly Figure as a Teacher of Hellenized Wisdom, Leiden and Boston, Brill, 2018.”

#25346 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5