Deity Twelve Olympians
Hermes
Ἑρμῆς grc
Olympian god in Greek religion and mythology; the emissary and messenger of the gods; the god of trade, heraldry, merchants, commerce, roads, thieves, trickery, sports, travelers, and athletes; the son of Zeus and the Pleiad Maia
Thief
Trade
Traveler
Domains on record
Family
The family of Hermes
Parents, consorts and children as the accounts give them. Choose a consort to see the children the stories give the two.
Accounts differ about a god’s family. Where they name different parents, the tree sets them side by side instead of choosing one.
The family as a list · 74
Kinship in an account 58
What this means
Parentage as a named source tells it. Not an independently established biological relationship, and different accounts disagree.
Does not imply an independently established biological relationship · agreement between accounts · marriage as a legal institution · exclusivity, or a single canonical pairing
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
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child of (child) Maia Pleiad and mother of Hermes -
child of (child) Zeus Greek god of the sky and king of the gods - parent of (child) Abderus son of Hermes in Greek mythology
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parent of (child) Aethalides mythical son of Hermes - parent of (father) Angelia daughter of Hermes
- parent of (child) Antias son of Hermes in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Aptale son of Hermes in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Arabos mythological Greek character, eponym of the Arabs
- parent of (child) Astacus Son of Hermes
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parent of (child) Autolycus son of Daedalion in Greek mythology - parent of (child) Bounos mythical character
- parent of (child) Cephalus son of Hermes and Herse in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Ceryx son of Eumolpus in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Cydon son of Tegeates in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Cynosurus mythical son of Hermes
- parent of (child) Damascus son of Hermes in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Damascus mythological Greek character
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parent of (child) Daphnis mythological Greek character, son of Hermes, inventor of Bucolics - parent of (child) Dolops mythological Greek character, son of Hermes
- parent of (child) Echion Argonaut, son of Hermes, in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Eleusis eponymous hero of the town of Eleusis
- parent of (child) Eudoros Greek mythical character, leader of the Myrmidons
- parent of (child) Eurestus son of Hermes in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Eurymachus son of Hermes in Greek mythology
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- parent of (child) Eurytus Greek mythical character, son of Hermes, Argonaut
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parent of (father) Hermaphroditus son of Aphrodite and Hermes in Greek mythology - parent of (child) Luke Castellan fictional character in Percy Jackson and the Olympians
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parent of (child) Myrtilus son of Hermes in Greek mythology - parent of (child) Norax son of Hermes in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Palaestra mythical daughter or lover of Hermes
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parent of (father) Pan Greek god of the mountain wilds, shepherds, flocks, rustic music, fertility, spring, and theatrical criticism, with the hindquarters, legs, and horns of a goat - parent of (child) Pharis son of Hermes in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Polybus of Sicyon son of Hermes and Chthonophyle
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parent of (father) Priapus ancient Greek deity - parent of (child) Prylis Son of Hermes and the Lesbian nymph Issa
- parent of (child) Samon son of Hermes mythical settler of Samothrace
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parent of (child) Silenus figure in Greek mythology; tutor to Dionysus - parent of (child) Tryphon ancient Greek epigrammatist with one poem in Greek Anthology
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parent of (father) Tyche Greek goddess of fortune - partner of Acacallis daughter of Minos in Greek mythology
- partner of Alcidamea mythical partner of Hermes, and mother of Bunus
- partner of (spouse) Antianeira Greek mythical character, daughter of Menetus
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partner of Aphrodite Greek goddess of love, beauty, pleasure, and procreation - partner of Astabe daughter of Peneus
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partner of Chione mother of Philammon and Autolycus by Apollo and Hermes respectively - partner of Chthonophyle daughter of Sicyon in Greek mythology
- partner of Cleobule mythical character
- partner of Creusa legendary princess of Athens
- partner of (spouse) Daeira Oceanid, mother of Eleusis by Hermes
- partner of Dryope mother of Pan
- partner of Erytheia
- partner of Eupolemeia daughter of Myrmidon in Greek mythology
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partner of Herse Athenian princess, daughter of Cecrops - partner of Iphthime nymph from Greek mythology
- partner of Issa character from Greek mythology
- partner of Penelope dryad
- partner of Philonis daughter of Deioneus in Greek mythology
- partner of Thronia daughter of Belus, water deity in Greek mythology
Family 16
What this means
A documented human family relationship. Not a succession mechanism, and not religious transmission.
Does not imply a right to an office · transmission of a teaching · a marriage · a shared religious affiliation
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
- parent of (father) Abderus son of Hermes in Greek mythology
- parent of (father) Aethalides mythical son of Hermes
- parent of (father) Arcesius legendary king of Ithaca
- parent of (father) Autolycus son of Daedalion in Greek mythology
- parent of (father) Ceryx son of Eumolpus in Greek mythology
- parent of (father) Daphnis mythological Greek character, son of Hermes, inventor of Bucolics
- parent of (father) Eleusis eponymous hero of the town of Eleusis
- parent of (father) Eudoros Greek mythical character, leader of the Myrmidons
- parent of (father) Myrtilus son of Hermes in Greek mythology
- parent of (father) Silenus figure in Greek mythology; tutor to Dionysus
- partner of Acacallis daughter of Minos in Greek mythology
- partner of Chione mother of Philammon and Autolycus by Apollo and Hermes respectively
- partner of Creusa legendary princess of Athens
- partner of Erytheia nymph in Greek mythology, one of the Hesperids
- partner of Herse Athenian princess, daughter of Cecrops
- sibling of Manes king of Maeonia
Accounts
Where Hermes appears
Each work is its own account. Where two disagree about a parent or a deed, both readings stand.
What this means
Works this figure is recorded as appearing in. Each is an account, not a chapter of one story: where two of them disagree about a parent or a deed, both readings stand and this site keeps the disagreement. The earliest account below is computed from these works, not stated by any source — a fact about which texts this collection holds and when they were written, not a date for the figure, who has none, and not a floor for the tradition, which is older than anything that survives of it.
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Written 8th century BCEIliad
epic poem attributed to Homer -
No date recordedOdyssey
epic poem attributed to Homer -
No date recordedPrometheus Bound
ancient Greek tragedy by Aeschylus
Also in films, games and series: Hades
The earliest account held here Computed
Iliad written 8th century BCE
A date for the text, never for the deity.Connections
How Hermes connects
Grouped by the kind of relationship, because a successor is not a son and a shared symbol is not an influence.
Affiliation 1
What this means
Association with a tradition or school. Traditions branch, overlap and re-merge; this is not a clean single-origin tree.
Does not imply a fixed roster · that every account of the tradition knows this figure
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Identification 8
What this means
One figure treated as another in some context. Not literal identity in all contexts, and usually a claim by a third party.
Does not imply literal identity in all contexts · that either tradition made the identification
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
- identified with Cadmilus Greek divinity associated with the Cabeiroi
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identified with Lugh Irish mythological character and probable deity -
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identified with Malakbel Sun god of the pantheon of the city of Palmyra -
identified with Mercury Roman god of trade, merchants, thieves and travel - identified with Mercury classical astrological planet
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identified with Thoth Egyptian deity - identified with Tir ancient Armenian god of writing
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identified with Turms equivalent of Roman Mercury and Greek Hermes, both gods of trade and the messenger god between people and gods
Attribute 3
What this means
A domain, symbol or epithet as sources record it.
Does not imply an exclusive domain · the same association in every account
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Sources
Sources and evidence
Where every statement on this page comes from, and how each one stands.
71 statements on this record
- 7 Has references The statement cites something outside Wikimedia. That citation has not been checked here.
- 64 Imported Taken from Wikidata as it stands. Nobody here has read it. 9 of them cite only Wikipedia: one source, counted once.
Only this record’s own statements. What other records say about it is counted on theirs.
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- Pictures
- Wikimedia Commons · each file’s own terms
Review
Not yet read by an editor here. Every relationship on this page is an import.
Disagreements are kept, not resolved, and a count of sources is not a confidence score.
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