Hermēs (pronounced HUR-mees; Greek: Έρμης: "pile of marker stones"), in Greek mythology, is the god of boundaries and of the travelers who cross them, of shepherds and cowherds, of orators, literature and poets, of athletics, of weights and measures and invention and commerce in general, of the cunning of thieves. As a translator, he is the messenger from the gods to humans. A lucky find was a hermaion. An interpreter who bridges the boundaries with strangers is a hermeneus. Hermes gives us our word "hermeneutics" for the art of interpreting hidden meaning. ...

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• Hermes - Cult
• Hermes - Hermai
• Hermes - Hermes' iconography
• Hermes - Birth
• Hermes - Hermēs' offspring
• Hermes - Abderus
• Hermes - Autolycus
• Hermes - Hermaphroditus
• Hermes - Priapus
• Hermes - Other stories
• Hermes - Herse/Aglaulus/Pandrosus
• Hermes - Argus/Io
• Hermes - Other roles
• Hermes - Hermes in Islamic tradition

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Hermes, Hermes - Blue Oyster Cult, Hermes - Hermai, Hermes - Hermes' iconography, Hermes - Birth, Hermes - Hermēs' offspring, Hermes - Abderus, Hermes - Autolycus, Hermes - Hermaphroditus, Hermes - Priapus, Hermes - Other stories, Hermes - Herse/Aglaulus/Pandrosus, Hermes - Argus/Io, Hermes - Other roles, Hermes - Hermes in Islamic tradition

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Hermes:

The Greek God commerce. the messenger of the Gods. Hermes was represented as a beardless youth with winged shoes fastened to his ankles, and a winged cap on his head. Roman God Mercury.

(See also: Hermes, Body Mind and Soul)

General article: Cult (religion). Though temples to Hermēs existed throughout Greece, a center of his cult was at Pheneos in Arcadia, where festivals in his honor were called Hermoea. As a crosser of boundaries, Hermēs Psychopompos' ("conductor of the soul") was a psychopomp, meaning he brought newly-dead souls to the underworld, Hades. In the Homeric Hymn to Demeter, Hermes conducts the Kore safely back to Demeter. He also br ...

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Hermes, Hermes - Cult, Hermes - Hermai, Hermes - Hermes' iconography, Hermes - Birth, Hermes - Hermēs' offspring, Hermes - Abderus, Hermes - Autolycus, Hermes - Hermaphroditus, Hermes - Priapus, Hermes - Other stories, Hermes - Herse/Aglaulus/Pandrosus, Hermes - Argus/Io, Hermes - Other roles, Hermes - Hermes in Islamic tradition

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General article: Cult (religion). Though temples to Hermēs existed throughout Greece, a center of his cult was at Pheneos in Arcadia, where festivals in his honor were called Hermoea. As a crosser of boundaries, Hermēs Psychopompos' ("conductor of the soul") was a psychopomp, meaning he brought newly-dead souls to the underworld, Hades. In the Homeric Hymn to Demeter, Hermes conducts the Kore safely back to Demeter ...

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Hermes, Hermes - Blue Oyster Cult, Hermes - Hermai, Hermes - Hermes' iconography, Hermes - Birth, Hermes - Hermēs' offspring, Hermes - Abderus, Hermes - Autolycus, Hermes - Hermaphroditus, Hermes - Priapus, Hermes - Other stories, Hermes - Herse/Aglaulus/Pandrosus, Hermes - Argus/Io, Hermes - Other roles, Hermes - Hermes in Islamic tradition

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Necromancy: (from Greek words meaning 'dead' and 'divination'),

A form of divination by communication with the dead, one of the "black arts".

The classic case of necromancy is the witch of Endor, described in the Bible (1 Samuel 28), who summoned the spirit of Samuel in the presence of Saul.

Necromancy can be divided into two main branches: divination by means of ghosts, and divination from corpses, both of which represent related forms of forbidden knowledge.

The second method led to the disinterment of corpses and rifling of graves for the grisly charms which magicians and witches considered necessary for the effective performance of the magical arts. To evoke the dead the magician needed to obtain the help of powerful spirits, both for his own protection and to compel the corpse or ghost to submit to his will.

A spell from ancient Greece calls upon the powers of the mighty Kore, Persephone, Ereshkigal, Adonis, Hermes and Thoth, to bind the dead. According to a ritual described by Seneca, the Roman dramatist, the summoning of the dead involved not only a burnt sacrifice but a blood-drenched altar.

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Hermes Trismegistus (Greek for "Hermes the thrice-greatest", Greek: Ερμης ο Τρισμεγιστος) or Mercurius ter Maximus in Latin, is the syncretism of the Greek god Hermes and the Egyptian Thoth. In Hellenistic Egypt, the god Hermes was given as epithet the Greek name of Thoth. He has also been identified with Enoch. Other similar syncretized gods include Serapis and Hermanubis. Hermes Trismegistus might also be explained in Euhemerist fashion as a man who was the son of the god, and in the Kabbalisti ...

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• Hermes Trismegistus - Origin
• Hermes Trismegistus - Hermetic revival
• Hermes Trismegistus - New Age revival
• Hermes Trismegistus - Fictional references
• Hermes Trismegistus - Source

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Hermóðr the Brave (Old Norse Hermóðr 'Courage-Battle') appears, in Norse mythology, clearly among the gods only in Snorri Sturluson's Gylfaginning where Hermóðr is the messenger sent by Odin to find out what ransom Hel would accept to return Baldr to Ásgarðr. Hermóðr is there called "son" of Odin in most manuscripts, but in the Codex Regius version—the Codex Regius is normally considered the best manuscript—Hermóðr is called sveinn Óðins 'Odin's boy', which might mean Odin's son but in the contex ...

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In Greek mythology, Aethalides was a son of Hermes and herald for the Argonauts. Other related archivesArgonauts, Greek mythology, Hermes

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Apollo (Greek: Απόλλων, Apóllōn; Απελλων) is a god in Greek and Roman mythology, the son of Zeus and Leto, and the twin of Artemis (goddess of the hunt), one of the most important and many-sided of the Olympian divinities. In later times he became in part confused or equated with Helios, god of the sun, and his sister similarly equated with Selene, goddess of the moon in religious contexts. But Apollo and Helios/Sol remained quite separate beings in literary/mythological texts. In Etruscan mythology, he was know ...

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• Apollo - Worship
• Apollo - Etymology of the name
• Apollo - Apollo in art
• Apollo - Appellations
• Apollo - Birth
• Apollo - Youth
• Apollo - Apollo and Admetus
• Apollo - Apollo During the Trojan War
• Apollo - Niobe
• Apollo - Apollo's romantic life and children
• Apollo - Heterosexual relationships
• Apollo - Homosexual relationships
• Apollo - Apollo and the Birth of Hermes
• Apollo - Other stories
• Apollo - Musical contests
• Apollo - Miscellaneous
• Apollo - Spoken-word myths - audio files
• Apollo - Apollo in popular culture

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The origins of the association of Vulcan to alchemy is from Egyptian and Greek mythology. In modern times the Renaissance physician/alchemist Paracelsus re-introduced the mythological figure of Vulcan as the patron deity of alchemy and as symbolic of the hermetic art. To Paracelsus Vulcan was synonymous with both the alchemist/physician’s manipulation of fire, heating and distilling of nature’s properties for medicine, and the transforming power and creative potential locked within Man, the greater invisible Man or a ...

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In Greek mythology, Ceryx ("herald") was a son of Hermes and either Pandrosus or Herse. He was, like his father, a messenger of the gods. Ceryx was the ancestor of the Kerukes, a family of priests in Athens. Other related archivesAthens, Greek mythology, Hermes, Herse, Kerukes, Pandrosus

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Hermeticism is either of two things: A tradition of study and practice of occult philosophy and magic. The deliberate use of obscure, convoluted, or esoteric imagery in various arts. Hermeticism - Hermeticism as Magic. Hermeticism is the study and practice of occult philosophy and magic, of a type associated with writings attributed to the god Hermes Trismegistus, "Thrice-Greatest Hermes," a syncretistic deity who combines aspects of the Greek god Hermes an ...

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• Hermeticism - Hermeticism as Magic

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The Emerald Tablet, also known as Smaragdine Table, Tabula Smaragdina, or The Secret of Hermes, is an ancient text purporting to reveal the secret of the primordial substance and its transmutations. Its claims to be the work of Hermes Trismegistus ("Hermes the Thrice-Great"), a legendary Egyptian sage or god, variously identified with the Egyptian god Thoth and/or the Greek god Hermes. This short and cryptic text was highly regarded by European alchemists as the foundation of their art, ...

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• Emerald Tablet - The Tablet itself
• Emerald Tablet - Textual history
• Emerald Tablet - Influence
• Emerald Tablet - External link
• Emerald Tablet - Bibliography

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In classical mythology, Hermanubis was a god who combined Hermes (Greek mythology) with Anubis (Egyptian mythology). He was popular during the period of Roman domination. Depicted as having a human body and jackal head, he represented the Egyptian priesthood. He is the son of Osiris and Nephthys. Other related archivesAnubis, Egyptian mythology, Greek mythology, Hermes, Roman domination, mythology

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In Greek mythology, Cephalus was the son of Hermes and Herse. When Hermes fell in love with Herse, a jealous Aglaulus, Herse's sister, stood between them and refused to move. Hermes changed her to stone. Cephalus was married to Procris, a daughter of Erechtheus. The goddess of the dawn Eos (Aurora to the Romans) kidnapped Cephalus when he was hunting. Cephalus then had a relationship with the goddess for some years and she bore him three sons Phaeton, Tithonos and Hesperus, but Cephalus then began pining for Procris, causing a disgruntled Eos ...

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Hermetica is a category of popular Late Antique literature purporting to contain secret wisdom, and generally attributed to Hermes Trismegistus, "thrice-great Hermes", a syncretism of the Greek god Hermes and the Egyptian Thoth. A collection of several such Greek texts from the second and third centuries, survivors from a more extensive literature, were compiled into a Corpus Hermeticum by Italian scholars during the Renaissance. Other Hermetic works, however, existed in Syriac, Arabic, Armenian, Coptic, and other languages.

• Hermetica - Character of the texts
• Hermetica - Dating
• Hermetica - Influences and style
• Hermetica - Authorship and audience
• Hermetica - Hermetica outside the corpus
• Hermetica - The Corpus Hermeticum in the Renaissance
• Hermetica - Contents of the Corpus Hermeticum

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A container or barrier that is hermetic is sealed so that not even air can enter or leave. For example a tin (or can). Hermetic - Etymology. The word hermetic comes from the syncretism of the Greek God Hermes and the Egyptian Thoth; this figure was also a mythological alchemist known as Hermes Trismegistus. The latter has three books attributed to him, the Emerald Tablet, the Corpus Hermeticum and The Kybalion. He was believed to possess a magic ability to seal treasure c ...

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• Hermetic - Etymology

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Battus can refer to: In Greek mythology, Battus is the name of two different people: Son of Polymnestus, founded Cyrene, thus fulfilling a prophecy given to his ancestor, Euphemus. A shepherd from Pylos, Battus witnessed Hermes stealing Apollo's cattle. Though he promised his silence, he told many others. Hermes turned him to stone. Battus was also the name of several Kings of Cyrene Battus is a genus of swallowtail butterflies, family Pap

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In Greek mythology, Baucis and Philemon were an old married couple who were the only ones in their town of Phrygia to welcome the disguised gods, Zeus and Hermes. Zeus and Hermes came to the town of Phrygia disguised as ordinary peasants and began asking the people of the town for a place to sleep that night. The pair had asked everyone in the town before they came to Baucis and Philemon's run down cottage. Though they were poor, they were more polite than their rich neighbors. After serving the two guests food and wine, Baucis ...

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