Aesops Fables Hermes Research Paper

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The Messenger of the Greek Gods and the Guide to the Underworld, Hermes has many different meanings to many different people. Hermes has been associated with things like Travel, Deception and Good Luck. He has outwitted the gods for his own pleasure or for the good of mankind. He has several children from many different gods and mortals. In pop culture he is refrenced in many games for his boots which have the power to make you run faster, and he is commonly asociated with postage and mail.

In Aesops fables Hermes is the Ruler of the Gate of Prophetic Dreams, The God of Athletes, and the God of Hospitality. Also in Aesop's fables he is said to assign each person a share of his knowladge, this may indicate that people once thought of him as

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