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Hermes

deity sky Greek corroborated · 66

Stub entity — referenced by another entity from source #316 but not yet directly extracted from its own source.

↻ synthesized from 66 sources

When

First attested
2000 BCE
Attested period
-3000 – 2020
Historical notes
Mentioned during the Ptolemaic era.

Relationships

co occurs with
Arsu, Azizos, Beroe, Astraia, Morana, valkyries, Xolotl, Pushan, Charon, Vanth, Isis, Serapis, Osiris, Bastet, Nephthys, Hesat, Trivia, Anubis, Ningirsu, Ningishzida, Maia, Dei Lucrii, Morpheus, Varuna, Aruṇa, Velnias, Veles, Afsati, Welnos, Vṛtra, Ouranos, Thesan, Dioskouroi, Porphyrion, Hekate, Athena Polias, guardian snake of the city, Cecrops, Atlas, Salmacis, Aphroditus, Pan, Silenus, Erymanthus, Taleus, Erinyes, Rhea, Hestia, Amenhotep, Teôs, Hermes Mercurius Trismegistus, Ino, Odysseus, Nausicaa, Poseidon, giant, Olympian gods, Titans, forest nymphs, Persephone, Heracles, Cerberus, Enodia, Alexiares, Anicetus, Iris, Arke, Podarge, Ariadne, Semele, Oenopion, Staphylus, Thoas, Arachne, Circe, Eros, nymphs, Hebe, Nike, Aphrodite, Achilles, Eileithyia, Asclepius, Cephissus, Kourotrophos, Im-ho-tep, Ištar, Helios, Demeter, Cronus, Calypso, Leto, Sol, Oceanus, Styx, Pallas, Jove, Hypnos, Dionūsos, Dien(n)ūsos, Deonūsos, Deunūsos, Dinnūsos, Budha, Wōden, Wōdan, Dionysus, Kronos, Chronos, Cronos, Helen, Pollux, Eshmun, Thoth, Hathor, Byssa, Meropis, Chiron, Coronis, Hera, Adonis, Erinoma, Orion, Side, Dione, Niobe, Tantalus, Aëdon, Hephaestus, Themis, Paris, Éris, Calchas, Siproites, Calydon, Daphnis, Scamandrius, Bouphagos, Broteas, Astynome, Iapetus, Anticlea, Marsyas, Echenais, Nomia, Mercury, Moon, Jupiter, Phaethon, Saturn, Eos, Hercules, Phosphorus, Pyroeis, Phaenon, Vesper, Oceanic Nymphs, Ephialtes, Iphimedeia, Otus, Aloeus, Alōīdae, Erechtheus, Jason, Alpheus, Amphiaraus, Amphilochus, Panacea, Archelous, Pegasus, Hesperides, Chimera, Thetis, Typhon, Moirai, Delphyne, Tartarus, Aegipan, Briareus, harpies, Triton, Talos, Athena, Ra, Diana, Hades, Hecate, Odin, Venus, Sun, Holy Spirit, Hesperus, Mars, Io, Gaia, Artemis
syncretized with
Monimos, Anubis, Hermanubis, Mercury, Turms, Thoth, al-Kutbay, Hermes Trismegistus, Kasmilos, Stilbon
allied with
Hestia, Apollo, Zeus, Nike, Dionysus, Melinoe, Hēraklēs, Perseus, Odysseus, Athena, Aphrodite, Charites, Peitho, Iris, Heracles, Artemis (Diana), Poseidon, Ares, Eirene, Hermathena, Eriboea
parent of
Kephalos, Hermaphroditos, Hermaphroditus, Angelia, Autolycus, Daphnis
enemy of
giant, Agron, Prometheus, Argus Panoptes, Eumelus, Hippolytus
serves
Athena, Zeus
sibling of
Apollo, Athena, Dionysus, Ares, Hephaestus, Aphrodite, Artemis (Diana)
teacher of
Dionysus, Amphion
consort of
Chione
manifests as
planet Mercury, caduceus
served by
nymphs
has aspect
Hermes Enodia
manifested by
Cadmilos, fourth Mercury, fifth
child of
Zeus, Maia

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Mentioned by

and 14 more

Sources

wikipedia (59)
  1. Al-Kutbay
  2. Monimos
  3. Beroe (Beirut nymph)
  4. Psychopomp
  5. Anubis
  6. Hecate
  7. Hermanubis
  8. Hermes
  9. Mercury (mythology)
  10. Veles (god)
  11. Thesan
  12. Melinoë
  13. Gigantomachy by the Suessula Painter
  14. Nekyia
  15. Noumenia
  16. Hermaphroditus
  17. Hermathena (composite of Hermes and Athena)
  18. Adonis
  19. Maiuma (festival)
  20. Hermes Trismegistus
  21. List of Greek deities
  22. Chthonic deities
  23. Gods in The Odyssey
  24. Theomachy
  25. Ariadne
  26. Arke
  27. Charites
  28. Circe
  29. Hebe (mythology)
  30. Iris (mythology)
  31. Kourotrophos
  32. Hestia
  33. Liminal deity
  34. Styx
  35. Dionysus
  36. Wednesday
  37. Titans in popular culture
  38. Superfecundation
  39. Winged sun
  40. Book of Thoth
  41. Hermopolis
  42. Agron (mythology)
  43. Chione (daughter of Daedalion)
  44. Coronis (lover of Apollo)
  45. Erinoma
  46. Meropis (mythology)
  47. Niobe
  48. Orion (mythology)
  49. Trojan War
  50. Agoraea
  51. Artemis Alphaea
  52. Anticlea
  53. Daphnis
  54. Planetae
  55. Zeus
  56. Rod of Asclepius
  57. A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys
  58. Jason and the Argonauts (1963 film)
  59. Sophrosyne
encyclopedia (7)
  1. Aeschylus (Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed.) (1911)
    peer reviewed
  2. Altar (Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed.) (1911)
    peer reviewed
  3. Alöīdae (Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed.) (1911)
    peer reviewed
  4. Ancient Greek Literature (Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed.) (1911)
    peer reviewed
  5. Anthesteria (Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed.) (1911)
    peer reviewed
  6. Baranabas, Joses (Jewish Encyclopedia (1906)) (1906)
    peer reviewed
  7. Barnabas, Joses (Jewish Encyclopedia (1906)) (1906)
    peer reviewed

Source passages

“Julian identifies Monimos with Hermes in his work 'Hymn to King Helios'.”

#3729 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“At the birth of Beroe, Hermes acted as the midwife and assisted in the delivery of Beroe”

#8996 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“god Hermes”

#14129 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“In the Ptolemaic period (350–30 BC), when Egypt became a Hellenistic kingdom ruled by Greek pharaohs, Anubis was merged with the Greek god Hermes, becoming Hermanubis. The two gods were considered similar because they both guided souls to the afterlife.”

#14192 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Hecate was one of several deities worshipped in ancient Athens as a protector of the oikos (household), alongside Zeus, Hestia, Hermes, and Apollo.”

#14287 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001