Research Paper On God Hermes

115 Words1 Page
bulb-icon

Recommended: Hermes mortals

The God Hermes, son of Zeus and Maia (nymph), was known as the messenger of the Gods and was a guide of souls to the Underworld. Hermes was a very impressive baby, the day he was born he founded and empty tortoise shells and created an instrument out of it called a Lyre. Hermes then had a sudden hunger for meat Hermes discovered the herd very soon. One by one, he started pulling the hoofs out of the cows’ feet and re-attaching them in the reverse order to confuse anyone looking at the tracks. Hermes then did the same to his own sandals. He then took the herd, and hid the them inside a cave.

Show More
Related

  • The Role Of Heroes In Mythology By Edith Hamilton

    537 Words  | 2 Pages

    What is a hero? The book Mythology by Edith Hamilton has a lot of heroes and most of them have 2 things in common. The heroes are in their own ways superior whether it be strength, intelligence, and/or courage. The second thing they have in common is a quest that establishes their greatness and proving that they are good enough to be called heroes. The catch is that even though they may have the characteristics of a hero, not all of them are epic heroes.

    Read More

  • Zora Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God as a Creation Story

    2560 Words  | 6 Pages

    Now, one of the main problems of mythology is reconciling the mind to this brutal precondition of all life, which lives by the killing and eating of lives. You don’t kid yourself by eating only vegetables, either, for they, too, are alive. So the essence of life is this eating of itself! Life lives on lives, and the reconciliation of the human mind and sensibilities to that fundamental fact is one of the functions of some of those very brutal rites in which the ritual consists chiefly of killing—in imitation, as it were, of that first, primordial crime, out of which arose this temporal world, in which we all participate. The reconciliation of mind to the conditions of...

    Read More

  • Comparing Herme And Hermes

    1192 Words  | 3 Pages

    Hermes and Apollo each play a significant role in Greek mythology and both have equally earned their titles as Olympian Gods. Apollo is the God of light and has the duty of moving the Sun across the sky with his horse chariot. Hermes is the messenger of all Gods and links mortals to the Olympians. The all-powerful Zeus, who is the supreme ruler of all Gods, fathers them. It is only natural that both would inherit God-Like traits of their father. Through analyzing the Hymn to Apollo and Hymn to Hermes, Apollo and Hermes do have quite a bit in common. They both are Gods of shepherds, flocks, and music. Despite the roles and responsibilities that make them alike, they have their own intelligences and attributes that set them greatly apart. Apollo

    Read More

  • Dionysus Research Paper

    317 Words  | 1 Pages

    Dionysus was the God of the grape harvest, winemaking and wine, ritual madness, fertility, theater, and religious ecstasy. Dionysus was the son of Zeus, God of all Gods, and Semele, the daughter of King Cadmus of Thebes. When Hera, Zeus’s wife, wanted to know who the father was, she disguised herself to try and convince Semele to tell her who it was. When Hera found out that it was Zeus, she was extremely jealous. She persuaded Semele to try and convince Zeus show his true form. Zeus said yes and Semele died as a result due to Zeus’ power being too powerful. But before she died, Zeus was able to take Dionysus out of the womb and stitch him in his thigh. A few months after Dionysus being born, he was raised by Ino, Semele’s sister, who dressed

    Read More

  • Athena Essay

    583 Words  | 2 Pages

    Athena inspired Odysseus to build a hollow wooden horse. He was to make the horse taller and

    Read More

  • Hermes

    781 Words  | 2 Pages

    Hermes (Latin name Mercury) is the messenger of the gods. He is the fastest of all the gods and goddesses. He is the son of Zeus and Maia. He is a guide who knew the way to the underworld. So he would show the dead souls the way to the underworld. Hermes is also known as the patron of traders, merchants, thieves and everyone who lived by their wits.

    Read More

  • Trickster Archetypes

    1052 Words  | 3 Pages

    Hermes’ long for adventure contributes with his cunning ability to commit an act of trickery. On the day Hermes was born, he snuck out of his house when his mother was asleep and traveled down to Apollo’s property. When Hermes saw the land, he noticed there were cows there, and with Hermes’ craftiness, he led the fifty cows by their tails. The footprints made it look as if the cows were walking towards the property and not away from it. He took them to a surrounding cave in the area, so the owner could not see them (“Hermes”). When returning home, he saw a turtle and decided to kill it, from there he “stretched some of the cows entrails across the opening of the shell to make a musical instrument" (Daly 45). Hermes uses his cunning ability to figure out a way to successfully complete his adventure. While doing so, he, additionally, uses his intelligence to complete an invention, in this case an instrument, from things he acquired. Hermes’ trickery did not go unnoticed, as he would be noticed by the gods; eventually, he will receive position of prominence. When Hermes tried to deny the robbery of the cows, the gods would not accept it because “Zeus had seen everything” for himself (“Hermes”). And as Hermes grew up he would come to receive the position of Zeus’ “personal messenger” (“Hermes”). Hermes goes from being unnoticed to having Zeus see every action he did, because of

    Read More

  • Role Of Hermes In The Odyssey

    572 Words  | 2 Pages

    First of all, in The Odyssey Hermes plays the role of a messenger when he goes to Calypso’s island and delivers the message from Zeus that she must release Odysseus. He also protects Odysseus from Circe’s tricks and magic by giving him a plant called moly. The moly allowed Odysseus to be safe from Circe’s spells. In other parts of Greek

    Read More

  • The Role Of Zeus In The Odyssey

    649 Words  | 2 Pages

    He is very well known for being deceiving, and a trickster. Hermes is also known for his many love affairs with numerous mortals, goddesses, and nymphs. In the Odyssey he serves as a messenger and is sent to Kalypso to tell her that she must let Odysseus off her island. The next person, Helios, is actually not a god but a rather a titan. He is the son of Hyperion and Thea and represents the sun, and his sisters Serena and Eos represent the night and the dawn. An easy way to remember him is that “Helios” is a root word from Greek for sun. Helios did not play a big part in Greek mythology and was eventually replaced by Apollo, but in the Odyssey he gets revenge on Odysseus for eating his cattle. Lastly is Aeolus, and this god is different because there are actually three gods with this name. The most famous which is the one that will be talked about in the Odyssey is the keeper of the winds, and he is also known by his other name is Hippotes. He gives Odysseus favorable winds, but when his companion opens the bad with the bad winds things turn a turn for the worse. In a nutshell, this is an explanation of all the gods in the Odyssey and the role that they

    Read More

  • Hermes The Messenger Essay

    855 Words  | 2 Pages

    the cleverest of the gods, a trickster, and a thief. Hermes has an intense history, a multitude of secrets, and epic myths surrounding him. Hermes, the messenger god, played a key part in Homer’s Odyssey, helping Odysseus and his men twice in the epic poem The Odyssey.

    Read More

  • Epilogue Of Odysseus Of Homer's The Odyssey

    989 Words  | 2 Pages

    Leviathan got very enraged. “Why are you lying I have been watching you guys for the past days, you have done nothing but relaxed.” He reached over to Odysseus’s men and ate four. “PLEASE DON'T DO THIS!!” yelled a crew member as he tried to impede Leviathan from getting more of his men. Leviathan grabbed six more men and handed it to his child who flew away with them. “You've already killed 10 of my finest men spare the rest.!” screamed Odysseus. He looked up and started to pray to Zeus for help. Leviathan grabbed Odysseus and was just about to eat him until he heard someone scream “STOP!” Everyone turned around and saw Seth god of desert and storms. He had a canine body, his head was different it resembled no other creature. He had a curved snout and long rectangular ears. Leviathan put Odysseus down and flew over to Seth and said “Why are you here?” Seth replied “I have been sent here by Zeus. “I have helped you in the past so please listen to me. Leave these men alone they are just trying to get to their home Ithaca.” “I am only doing this because of you Seth but if I ever see these men again I will kill them” said Leviathan before flying

    Read More

  • Anthem

    1010 Words  | 3 Pages

    Prometheus was instructed by the other Gods to craft humanity out of clay. Once he did so, he became attached to his creations. Against the wishes of the other Gods, Prometheus taught mankind all of the arts, such as the use of fire, acquaintance with architecture, astronomy, mathematics, the art of writing, the treatment of domestic animals, navigation, medicine, the art of prophecy, working in metal, and all the other arts. Zeus, the leader of the Gods, tried to punish Prometheus for his teachings by taking fire away from man. Prometheus again defied Zeus by stealing back the fire and returning it to man. In another instance of Prometheus defiance, mankind was angry that they were forced to give all of the good cuts of meat to the Gods as offerings. In order to please his creation, Prometheus tricked Zeus by misleading him into choosing the least desirable parts of a cow as his offering and thus leaving the most desirable cuts to mankind for consumption. Prometheus was pleased with his deception, but it enraged Zeus. In order to punish him, Zeus ordered that Prometheus be chained to a rock in the pit of Tartarus and for an eagle to eat out his liver daily and allow Prometheus's liver to regenerate each night.

    Read More

  • Hermes The God Of Herpes

    630 Words  | 2 Pages

    The three sites that the have the myth “The theft of Apollon’s cattle” are Hemlock and Hawthorn (source 5) Classical Mythology The little rascal: Hermes (source 3) and Hermes the cattle of Apollon (source 4). In All the stories Hermes gets out of his cradle a...

    Read More

  • Hermes´ Sucessful Factor

    1699 Words  | 4 Pages

    Before visiting, I just know Hermes is a famous and luxury brand. During the visiting, I found that they have to successful factors. Let me try to explain more.

    Read More

  • Greek Mythology Reflection Paper

    741 Words  | 2 Pages

    Throughout studying many myths, I came up with many new observations. Many questions came into my mind about these myths. Greek mythology takes us back to a time when people had a connection with nature and when nature played a major role in people’s lives. The religious beliefs of the people who wrote the myths are found in the background of these myths; however, they are not to be read like religious texts. The myths try to offer explanations of “how”, which makes us think deeply about the purpose of these myths and the questions they draw to our minds. According to the myths we studied in class, the world created the gods, not the other way around. The gods were always created in the image of man, which shows how much men were important in their society. Furthermore, many of these Greek myths show us the difference between the views of the Greek then and our view towards many aspects of the society, including nature. Monsters appear in Greek myths and have different representations and roles. Greek mythology reflects a view of the Greeks towards the world and how certain aspects of their lives are similar and different to modern society.

    Read More

More about Research Paper On God Hermes

Open Document