C C 303 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Petasos, Hermaphroditus, Psychopomp
19 Mar 2017
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Hermes is child of zeus and maia. Hermes was very mischievous as a young boy. He created the lyre from a tortoise shell. He also stole apollo"s cattle - theme of him being a trickster. Apollo confronts hermes - they go to zeus. He tells them to hunt the cattle together. He represents the archetypal trickster - becomes patron of thieves. He is depicted as cunning, quick-witted and clever. He shares musical and pastoral characteristics with apollo. He is the divine messenger of zeus - talaria, petasus, caduceus. He is the guide of souls - psychopompos. Connected to fertility - snakes being associated with him. Functions of hermes can be characterized by his role as a creator, and crosser of boundaries, and an intermediary between two different worlds.
