Temple of Hermes
Patron of Starwood
“…a bringer of dreams, a watcher by night, a thief at the gates, one who was soon to show forth wonderful deeds among the deathless gods.”
- God of boundaries and the travelers who cross them
- God of Orators and wit, of literature and poets
- Liminal Points
- Messenger from the Gods
- An interpreter who bridges the boundaries with strangers
- Hermeneutics is the art of interpreting esoteric meaning
- The escort to the Underworld – The only God other than Hades and Persephone who could enter and leave the Underworld without hindrance
- Son of Zeus and Maia – the Eldest Pleiade
- Loyal to Zeus
- Rooster and Tortoise are his symbols<
- Epithets
- Mercury, Roman equiv.
- Charidotes, giver of charm
- Diaktoros, the messenger
- Eriounios, luck bringer
- Psychopompos, conveyor of souls
- He is seen to be manifest in any kind of interchange, transfer, transcendence, transition.
- Herma – wayside marker pile of stones, each traveler added a stone to the pile.