Research Paper On God Hermes

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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.

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