Hermes: The Messenger & Divine Trickster - (Greek Mythology Explained)

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  • Today we finally take a look at another figure from Greek mythology, the much requested Hermes. We discuss his origins and the stories that he features in as well as his overall personality.
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  • @MythologyFictionExplained
    @MythologyFictionExplained  Před 5 lety +422

    I'm not sure what kind of impact article 13 is going to have on the channel so I'll be trying limit the artwork I use to mostly pieces I've had commissioned for the video.

    • @manosbouzoubouzou1386
      @manosbouzoubouzou1386 Před 5 lety +17

      Mythology & Fiction Explained That was a great video my friend. You indeed know a great deal about our great mythology,I’m truly grateful that you have a interest in it and explain and show this great godly yet so human like mythology. Thank you my friend.

    • @rolyngeorges7315
      @rolyngeorges7315 Před 5 lety +13

      Can I ask you a question? Is Hermes Gay, Straight, or Bi? Cuz I've heard that he has some male lovers along with Female lovers. So I just wanna know for sure.

    • @angelwolf8877
      @angelwolf8877 Před 5 lety +41

      @@rolyngeorges7315 back in the time of God and goddesses the term bi, gay or straight didn't exist. Love was free from terms and people didn't have to worry about if it was wrong to be with someone of the same gender. Though out Egypt, Greek, Rome and other ancient you can see that love didn't have any bonds and was pretty free. It wasn't until when Christianity came into the picture that it was deem wrong to be gay and bi and that you must only be man and woman. It was also in this timeline that women lost most of their rights and freedom because up onto this point in time a lot of ancient civilization allow women to have the same rights as men and saw women as equals to men, but that is beside the point. The point is, to ask if this God is gay, bi or straight is pointless because back then it didn't matter nor did they care. So is he bi? Gay? Straight? Who knows as it was never written down as things like that didn't exist back then.

    • @jacopoarmini7889
      @jacopoarmini7889 Před 5 lety +34

      angel wolf
      that's... Way too simplistic. Greco-roman gods were indeed mostly bisexual, but to say that before christianity everyone was free to do as they pleased is incorrect. in ancient Greece and Rome homosexuality between free men and women was frowned upon and even punished, christianity simply embodied the changing times, and, in the Middle Ages and Renaissance homosexual couples weren't as persecuted as we believe today. You shouldn't blame everything on one single culture or belief, as reality is way more multifaceted than we like to believe.

    • @rolyngeorges7315
      @rolyngeorges7315 Před 5 lety +5

      @@jacopoarmini7889 Thank you bro.

  • @TheMoonShepard
    @TheMoonShepard Před 5 lety +768

    Hermes is like that one character that seems unremarkable but is actually OP af.

  • @kimkillillasfuq8212
    @kimkillillasfuq8212 Před 4 lety +283

    Apollo: Hermes, do you think I was born yesterday?
    Hermes: How would I know? I wasn't there!

    • @MrMOON-pp5ib
      @MrMOON-pp5ib Před 3 lety +5

      Hermes will steal you soul and everything else you believe in. nd replace it with everything you can't accept. The truth.

    • @rinthekat4296
      @rinthekat4296 Před 3 lety +3

      @@MrMOON-pp5ib uhhh did you mean to reply that on another comment or...?

    • @amitdavidnayak
      @amitdavidnayak Před 3 lety

      Don't make memes out of gods

    • @kimkillillasfuq8212
      @kimkillillasfuq8212 Před 3 lety +5

      @@amitdavidnayak I didn't listen to Christians when they told me that either

    • @amitdavidnayak
      @amitdavidnayak Před 3 lety

      @@kimkillillasfuq8212 you should have bro maybe you don't know how you gonna get backfire

  • @AngelaRichter65
    @AngelaRichter65 Před 5 lety +1041

    I've always liked Hermes. I loved that the Greeks had a god of thieves. Not because I like to steal, but because thieves, to the Greeks, had to show intelligence and cunning, which I hold in high esteem. I used to tell my kids stories about him and Athena at bedtime, and I tell my grandkids the stories now. It's nice to pass on the traditions.

    • @gdbeast527
      @gdbeast527 Před 5 lety +5

      Angela Richter I am studying on him

    • @rafaelalexie2417
      @rafaelalexie2417 Před 4 lety +32

      You are a wonderful mother and grandmother!

    • @jackiejacobs4791
      @jackiejacobs4791 Před 4 lety +3

      Angela Richter if only but he’s not real, until god reveals and say he had a family. But I can’t sorry, it’s against my faith. Amen to you all if you believe in Christ 🙏🏽🙏🏽

    • @jackiejacobs4791
      @jackiejacobs4791 Před 4 lety +1

      GD Beast why though? I find equivalent in some geek mythology but they said it was derived stories to explain events. So I use it as advise. I wanted to but I want to see through God if he’s real or not, god has to tell me. I wouldn’t just jump into studying him. Or I’m not sure. I put my trust in him and they rest of them as well. I do see something could be true but not all.

    • @sunshinesolace3540
      @sunshinesolace3540 Před 4 lety +22

      @@jackiejacobs4791 Maybe they're studying him for a history lesson or something else to do with school or education?

  • @georgenuessel8073
    @georgenuessel8073 Před 5 lety +292

    I’ve always loved that the original flash was styled after Hermès. It makes me think that while Hermès is talking to you, he’s going off and doing a million different things, and only now and then coming back and saying the next syllable in the sentence he’s saying to you.

    • @AveGoddess
      @AveGoddess Před 4 lety +17

      Teleportation, Or since he's so speedy, his image would some times blur in and out Wavy, sometimes appearing as a hologram, is the the visual that came to mind. ...also as a transwoman i identify with APHRODITUS/HERMAPHRODITE 💚✨💪💥🌺⬆️

    • @JI_Qm
      @JI_Qm Před 3 lety +2

      @@AveGoddess ur gay? NoT ThAt It iS bAd oR aNyThIng

    • @heyyou6830
      @heyyou6830 Před 3 lety +2

      He is basically Gemini in astrology

    • @guidedmeditation2396
      @guidedmeditation2396 Před rokem +3

      It is very fitting.
      The Hermes/Mercury caduceus signifies a scalar wave which when activated travels faster than the speed of light so the Flash and Mercury would all be good representations of that. And with the creation of the Flash you can see a new mythology being born with the attributes of the previous mythologies it was based on.

  • @lunevermeil1400
    @lunevermeil1400 Před 5 lety +469

    Jack of all trades. Master of none, yet better than master of one.
    He teaches us to diversify and that true mastery comes through a diverse mind body and spirit

    • @MrMOON-pp5ib
      @MrMOON-pp5ib Před 3 lety +4

      Not better. Harder. Stranger. Lonelier. Unrelatable. Complex. Inconsistent. Chaotic. Deceptive. Manic. Windy. Requires more of every single strength. Requires the strengthening of all aspects of character body heart and mind. NOT BETTER. HARDER.

    • @lunevermeil1400
      @lunevermeil1400 Před 3 lety +7

      @@MrMOON-pp5ib take your complaint up with the original phrase countless generations ago.
      Your comprehension on the matter and phrase is wrong, but that is understandable.

    • @MrMOON-pp5ib
      @MrMOON-pp5ib Před 3 lety +1

      @@lunevermeil1400 lol It's just a point of view. Not wrong, different. But your opinion is understandable. 😆

    • @MrMOON-pp5ib
      @MrMOON-pp5ib Před 3 lety +1

      @@lunevermeil1400 You have to expand on wisdom as a collective of missing pieces that you'll find through the perceptions of others, not correct them. That is stagnant to growth and true discovery. No one is wrong. We're both right.

    • @MrMOON-pp5ib
      @MrMOON-pp5ib Před 3 lety

      @@lunevermeil1400 That was my point. Nothing is better, it is simply different, and a wayward path is different in that it is harder. There are many paths, I know people who are geniuses in one area, they are no more or less relevant to myself being the Jack of all Master of none. Just different, not better. Being such a master of diversity I'm sure you can understand. Right? 😉

  • @Werezilla
    @Werezilla Před 5 lety +724

    Relationships with a goddess of seduction, a goddess of love, and a goddess of sorcery. Sounds like Hermes has a type.

    • @sarahmorley7751
      @sarahmorley7751 Před 4 lety +35

      I get love and seduction but where does magic/ sorcery/ witchcraft fit in?
      He is the god of roads/ travel and hecate is the goddess or cross roads though so i supose that could work

    • @sarahmorley7751
      @sarahmorley7751 Před 4 lety +20

      @Oniket That was crocus/ krokus he and Hermes were play discus when Hermes threw it he accidentally hit Crocus killing him, the crocus is also Hermes sacred flower

    • @jauniiwolf9349
      @jauniiwolf9349 Před 4 lety +28

      Sarah Morley that sounds a lot like the story of Apollo & Hyacinth

    • @satanswife2546
      @satanswife2546 Před 3 lety +18

      @@sarahmorley7751 or the fact that people that practice witchcraft are simply hot af,

    • @sarahmorley7751
      @sarahmorley7751 Před 3 lety +4

      @@jauniiwolf9349 Yeah could be an alterate version minus a jealous zephyrus

  • @calebchampion7781
    @calebchampion7781 Před 5 lety +285

    Where you born yesterday? Hermes no I was born earlier today.

  • @yensid4294
    @yensid4294 Před 5 lety +209

    I never realized Hermes was such a prominent god in ancient Greece, most stories that include him he's a minor player in a bigger drama. I always knew him as The Messenger of the Gods. Very interesting video. Thank you 👍

    • @Kat-yv1yq
      @Kat-yv1yq Před 5 lety +13

      yensid It seems most people think so, before they learn more about him. It’s strange since he’s one of the Olympians.
      One way to look at him, is that he appears the most in mythological stories. Small roles, yes, but more of them.

    • @RoderickVI
      @RoderickVI Před 4 lety +6

      He, under the name Lugus, is the main God of my pantheon (the Celtic pantheon), he however isnt a single God in my religion, but 3: Taranis (Zeus), Teutates and Esus (sorta Pan / Gaia)

    • @agenttheater5
      @agenttheater5 Před 4 lety +8

      What better place to hide than under the impression of a minor god

    • @JamiesonK666
      @JamiesonK666 Před 4 lety

      @@RoderickVI is Odin also Hermes/Apollo? Mecredi(mercury)=Wednesday (wodensday)

    • @RoderickVI
      @RoderickVI Před 4 lety +1

      @@JamiesonK666 Yes, at least according to Interpretatio Romana. The days pretty much coincide "dilluns" = "dia de la lluna" is Monday, or moon's day. Dimarts "dia de Mart" is Tuesday, or Tiw's day, the God of War.

  • @spandansahs8816
    @spandansahs8816 Před 3 lety +51

    hermes is a god who showed that his real interest is in doing mischief but he is not evil in nature. Some of his pranks sometimes helps humanity and other gods

  • @Boggsy67
    @Boggsy67 Před 5 lety +79

    Hermes has been the Greek God I liked the most since elementary school. Such a fun character, whether in matters of mischief, mortality, or melee. I love reading versions of both the Iliad and the Odyssey where Hermes is always titled with “Giant Killer” or “Giant Slayer”.

  • @SkyeID
    @SkyeID Před 5 lety +586

    Hermes: The God of Designer Handbags

  • @tomripsin730
    @tomripsin730 Před 5 lety +202

    I believe Hermes to be the god of the current age, commerce, communication and vast exchanges of information being the hallmarks of our time . His function as messenger would certainly make him central to these activities.
    It's also occurred to me that the caduceus could represent the double helix of the DNA molecule, which acts as a messenger of genetic material from one generation to the next. this would fit with Hermes' role as Psychopompoos, leading souls to the realm of the dead, and ultimately to further incarnations.

    • @raquelortegalopez5227
      @raquelortegalopez5227 Před 4 lety +3

      True! 😯

    • @thethreemaggi4224
      @thethreemaggi4224 Před 4 lety +17

      My my. What a terrific reply and use of modern concepts to classical myths.

    • @thephillyphranciepantz8528
      @thephillyphranciepantz8528 Před 3 lety +3

      Yes very true , very well put ... many of us have also thought the same including what you say about the DNA strands

    • @gabrielthemessenger3305
      @gabrielthemessenger3305 Před 3 lety +2

      You Are Extremely On Point Brother . (except he is not the god of the current age)
      Hermes Is Thoth, Ares Is Mars
      Hermes Is Mars
      Mars Is Gabriel, The Messenger Of God,
      The Angel(God) Of War

    • @revdonny-raytheprolepticpi2840
      @revdonny-raytheprolepticpi2840 Před 3 lety +4

      @@gabrielthemessenger3305 Hermes is Mercury, Thoth, Loki - he is Raphael

  • @crimesagainsthumanity2059
    @crimesagainsthumanity2059 Před 5 lety +156

    Hermes was one of the most popular Gods in ancient Greece. The Herms were statues of erect penises that were placed at boarders to mark the boundaries of fields and kingdoms.

    • @mason5069
      @mason5069 Před 5 lety +1

      Lord6of6the6Blackmoon 😂

    • @user-rl1zv5zk8m
      @user-rl1zv5zk8m Před 5 lety +4

      Rooster,Ram,Hawk, Lyre (made from shell of tortoise), Tortoise, "Irish"strawberry Tree which probably has unknown medicinal properties(with it's white hermaphrodite flowers)?!? No doubt references towards the summer triangle,I have to look into Mercury and Jupiter/Saturn conjunction as well as Saturn in the Winter triangle, Orion/Gilgamesh/Nimrod and Canis Major and Canis Minor.... Funny, as a Aries all I ever wanted to be was a Painter or a Poet NOT a Martial artist but now I understand....I must protect the fire for generations to come so they to could cry,laugh and wonder in the shadows "I AM"

    • @delstanley1349
      @delstanley1349 Před 5 lety +2

      (1) Maybe it was a phallic way of calling those in the fields----a bunch of pussies!
      Or:
      (2) Maybe something went wrong in translation. Instead of Hermes they thought it was the land of Herpes! Therefore it wasn't the "boundaries of fields and kingdoms,"--- but bountiful fields of condoms---before you enter here.
      Or:
      (3) Was Hermes a dicktator? Say it ain't so!

    • @s_nfl0w3r68
      @s_nfl0w3r68 Před 4 lety

      Hermès Is Cool But My Father Is Better. Btw My Father Is Poseidon And I’m A Demigod

    • @gabrielthemessenger3305
      @gabrielthemessenger3305 Před 4 lety +1

      @@s_nfl0w3r68
      If You Reppin 666 You Ain't Shit But A Demon.

  • @ripwolfe
    @ripwolfe Před 5 lety +174

    Seems like Hermes and Prometheus would get along great, you know, if Prometheus wasn't bound to a rock to feed a liver-eating eagle with his _own_ liver.

    • @tomripsin730
      @tomripsin730 Před 5 lety +36

      Heracles freed him & killed the eagle. So it's all good.

    • @ashwen337
      @ashwen337 Před 5 lety +7

      hi i'm hermes and i'm here with my friend Prometheus. and we are going to speed walk though this field fill with broken glass and mines

    • @herculestheman7949
      @herculestheman7949 Před 3 lety +1

      @@tomripsin730 Yes I did and Im a taurus btw

    • @sussyangel7492
      @sussyangel7492 Před 3 lety

      But you, have your own sense of honour. Right KRATOS?! 😡

  • @themetal
    @themetal Před 5 lety +159

    Hermes is a good boy. A lot like his old man in many ways. Don't believe much of the gossip the other Olympians spread about him. A lot of them are really jealous of how quickly he becomes great at whatever he decides to pick up. I've faced this a lot in my life as well and can relate.

    • @chrisramey9801
      @chrisramey9801 Před 3 lety +5

      Dude no fucking doubt i feel this

    • @Baklavalovr
      @Baklavalovr Před 3 lety +5

      I always hated how people ONLY gossip about Zeus of him being a cheater... they ignore his good traits (and he has many) while loving gods like Poseidon who also cheated, raped Medusa and was generally a rather unfriendly god.

    • @radcut7404
      @radcut7404 Před 2 lety

      @@Baklavalovr Wait He does actually have good traits? Can you tell me a few. No offfense of course I Just wanna know

    • @frandavis1990
      @frandavis1990 Před 2 lety

      @@Baklavalovr lmfao zues was a rapist, muderer, etc very trash guy

  • @Asurendra777
    @Asurendra777 Před 5 lety +81

    Hermes can travel at the speed of thought.
    The original instant transmission

  • @Emmaemmaemma.
    @Emmaemmaemma. Před 4 lety +150

    Hermes is overlooked today. He is honestly my favorite, he has done so many stunning jaw dropping things but is overlooked by being the god of thieves 🙄

    • @jameymeyer2399
      @jameymeyer2399 Před 3 lety +1

      Even overlooked by a nation of thieves, weather it be a thief of money, property, time, truth, innocence etc..... I guess that’s why Hermès and Christ are of the exact same value ⚖️ and are considered to be the same individual in the art of alchemy. Perhaps it’s one reason why America was blessed by god or Zeus as they are in equal value as well in America’s hardships in our birth/ beginning. 🤷‍♂️who knows all the answers to these thing’s right.

    • @Aditya-sj9wx
      @Aditya-sj9wx Před 3 lety +4

      He's basically Flash of Greek mythology!

    • @concept5631
      @concept5631 Před 6 měsíci

      ​@@Aditya-sj9wx Fr

  • @amberhutcherson9759
    @amberhutcherson9759 Před 5 lety +266

    Could you do a video on Hestia? She's not a miner god but everyone makes her seem like one! She deserves LOTS of more attention.

    • @veronicageorge3825
      @veronicageorge3825 Před 5 lety +16

      *minor*

    • @amberhutcherson9759
      @amberhutcherson9759 Před 5 lety +6

      Thx I always get that mixed up😂

    • @andresmarrero8666
      @andresmarrero8666 Před 5 lety +18

      Supposedly she stepped down as an Olympian for Dionysus, but there is no records claiming as such, and Hestia and Dionysus are never mentioned in the same passage. It is always one or the other but never both at the same time or place. So it is very likely that Dionysus and Hestia are the same entity. Dionysus is Hestia and Hestia is Dionysus.

    • @amberhutcherson9759
      @amberhutcherson9759 Před 5 lety +21

      But of you think about it, they are opposites. Dionysus likes to party and drink while hestia is more of a calm goddess. I highly doubt they are they same.

    • @andresmarrero8666
      @andresmarrero8666 Před 5 lety +11

      @@amberhutcherson9759 given everything we know, the history of Dionysus throughout the ages, those are never spoken of in the same sentence or place, it is always one or the other, and there is no records of Hestia ever stepping down yet the number stays at 12. It is very possible that they are the same entity, serving as a sort of duality role. As opposites as they may seem, they do intertwine with each other. Where else would you throw a party other than your own house where the hearth is. Everything depends on the hearth, the center of the household both good and ill, both nurturing love and madness induced stupor. Both the joy of life and the remembrance in death. It is always around the hearth, the center of the house. Home, that's what connects them both, and something that is valued highly. The joys and parties, the security and calm, both of aspects of home.

  • @JeremyDeere
    @JeremyDeere Před 5 lety +17

    I had no idea Hermès was such a boss. He reminds of a kinder hearted Loki in a way.

  • @rolyngeorges7315
    @rolyngeorges7315 Před 5 lety +62

    Hermes and Dionysus are definitely my favorite Greek Gods. They're both fun loving and awesome.

  • @widowkeeper4739
    @widowkeeper4739 Před 5 lety +26

    I love Hermes and he is so woefully under appreciated these days. Most people don't know that he was once such a popular god because he is treated as a transient, minor character in every modern book, show, or movie that depicts the Hellenic pantheon. Disney depicts him as a wimpy old dude with glasses. I think people don't really know what to do with him, really. It's easy to conceptualize a God of Thunder or a Goddess of Love, but a "God of Everything" is a tall order, LOL. So they normally only ever is depicted in his role as the Olympians messenger so he has an excuse not to be in the story.
    I think the reason he is the "god of everything" is because he is the god of the common mortal working man flailing through life and death and needing guidance.

  • @alexanderdurig4474
    @alexanderdurig4474 Před 5 lety +33

    My understanding is that Hermes' mother, Maia, is the Goddess of Increase. My interpretation is that Increase giving birth to all manner of Communication, yields Hermes to be the God of Meaningful Perception. This relates to Hermes Trismegistus - and all the excellent comments below - as Hermes the 3 times great, in which the meaningful perception of duality yields the third eye of self-awareness through which one becomes aware of divinity and self.

    • @gabrielthemessenger3305
      @gabrielthemessenger3305 Před 4 lety +1

      Yes!!!

    • @gabrielthemessenger3305
      @gabrielthemessenger3305 Před 4 lety +4

      @Oniket
      There Is A Spiritual War Taking Place Right In Front Of Our Faces,
      But Most Are Too Blind To See ,
      Open The 3rd Eye,
      & You Will Begin To Remove The Veil Covering Most Of The Populations Eyes.
      The War Is Of Starseeds 🌠
      (Soldiers Of Love, Protectors , Guardians)
      Vs
      Demonseeds 👿
      (Soldiers Of Chaos , Hatred , Fear , Material Worship, Lust, Pride, Greed, Glutton, Conversion Of Zombifying & Unifying Human With AI, Spreading Deception)
      It's A Spiritual War Taking Place Right Now!
      God Is Love
      The Devil Is Hate , Fear, Pain.
      Gods Soldiers Are The Strongest.
      We Endure Through Hatred & Judgement Of Us
      & Still Spread Love

    • @martinregular5003
      @martinregular5003 Před 4 lety +2

      @@gabrielthemessenger3305 You are tripping on good acid my men.

  • @camiloiribarren1450
    @camiloiribarren1450 Před 5 lety +27

    Hermes is my favorite of all Greek Pantheon, especially since I am a magician and fiction writer about magicians who solve mysteries (criminal and medical) and I have always been a traveler/nomad since childhood.

  • @cameronbrown1035
    @cameronbrown1035 Před 5 lety +49

    Odysseus was Hermes great grandson so there's that.

  • @mrb5940
    @mrb5940 Před 3 lety +10

    I like to think that Hermes and Odin have found themselves in their travels and that they exchance stories when they encounter the other, like friends who see each other not so often

  • @carrotdtop_1
    @carrotdtop_1 Před 5 lety +408

    That is one speedy greek loki

    • @osas5211
      @osas5211 Před 5 lety +6

      mcBUFFfluff not entirely

    • @carrotdtop_1
      @carrotdtop_1 Před 5 lety +24

      @@osas5211 i mean just in the trickster aspects

    • @osas5211
      @osas5211 Před 5 lety +5

      mcBUFFfluff tru tru

    • @ladykoiwolfe
      @ladykoiwolfe Před 5 lety +29

      I do think they might get along quite well... But the troubles they could get into....

    • @osas5211
      @osas5211 Před 5 lety +5

      Willa Wolfendøttr yea like a Bart Simpson x Stewie Griffin Duo

  • @jacopoarmini7889
    @jacopoarmini7889 Před 5 lety +101

    never managed to understand the guy, apart from being Zeus' glorified mailman I couldn't really see much worth in Hermes. But now I understand that gods don't necessarily need to shoot lightning bolts to be important, as in the end little things are what matters the most.

    • @Kat-yv1yq
      @Kat-yv1yq Před 5 lety +11

      Jacopo Armini Yeah I think that’s the impression most people have at first, but when you think of the importance of travel and trade in the Ancient World (hell even now), you begin to understand why he was so important. On from that he also presided over animal husbandry and so on.
      Even so, communication isn’t a thing to scoff at either.

    • @xxBooda91xx
      @xxBooda91xx Před 4 lety +5

      @y. Ahriman also think of him as the flash. At first the flash just sounds like a fast super hero & then you realize him being able to do things like time travel, heal his body practically instantly and the other things he could do he then becomes a lot more powerful.
      As mentioned Hermès was unbelievably fast, smart, if he could travel dimensions he could probably time travel, and also he is considered To be Thoth who also talked of reincarnating repeatedly to help humanity.

    • @karmalotus22
      @karmalotus22 Před 3 lety +3

      Wait what? Hermes has A LOT more than being a messenger and prankster. He works for Hades in the Underworld, the other gods can't even go there. I think he does more than just deliver messages from Zeus to Hades, he also guides dead people to the Underworld. He is also smart as he is god of other more civilized things such as commerce/trade, which is basically business in modern times. If you thought Apollo has too many titles look at Hermes he has even more. He's also God of literature, writing, diplomacy, athletics, astronomy, and much much more. You can Google some sites with information on the gods for more info on all the titles he has, theoi is pretty good and there's others. There's a lot more to him but I don't feel well versed enough in mythology to explain it well. There are plenty of good sources to learn about him if you look.

    • @irafayeb.casinillo4113
      @irafayeb.casinillo4113 Před 3 lety +1

      "Zeus's glorified mailman"
      I call him "the olympian delivery boi"

  • @borwnbear1128
    @borwnbear1128 Před 5 lety +35

    That's really interesting that we get the word hermaphrodite from Hermes and Aphrodite

    • @vaggos013
      @vaggos013 Před 5 lety +5

      Actually from their son's name Hermaphroditos.

    • @borwnbear1128
      @borwnbear1128 Před 5 lety +2

      @@vaggos013 yeah that's true, but he did com be from them. But yeah you're right

    • @vaggos013
      @vaggos013 Před 5 lety +2

      @@borwnbear1128 Yes, in a way both are right. The word is their names in combination the term is the name of their son.

    • @practicalphilosophy9031
      @practicalphilosophy9031 Před 3 lety

      INTERESTING.

  • @ksoundkaiju9256
    @ksoundkaiju9256 Před 5 lety +339

    My tests came back positive for Hermes...

    • @MythologyFictionExplained
      @MythologyFictionExplained  Před 5 lety +82

      Better get that treated quick!

    • @heidibevan1916
      @heidibevan1916 Před 5 lety +11

      I think that you can get some Ointment for that! 😂😅😂😅

    • @osas5211
      @osas5211 Před 5 lety +4

      KSound Kaiju that’s sick dude

    • @ksoundkaiju9256
      @ksoundkaiju9256 Před 5 lety +4

      @@osas5211 They fly off when I ask them to deliver a message
      If I'm lucky I get 15 minutes if I give them a long destination

    • @ksoundkaiju9256
      @ksoundkaiju9256 Před 5 lety +5

      @@MythologyFictionExplained They come back as quickly as they left

  • @Jumpoable
    @Jumpoable Před 4 lety +2

    I've always loved Hermès. The leatherwork is just exquisite. And the scarves just iconic.

  • @Valigarmanda
    @Valigarmanda Před 4 lety +15

    Is Hermes the root of the "Godspeed" thing whenever someone is about to embark on a coming-of-age adventure of sorts?

  • @lashonelaw9559
    @lashonelaw9559 Před 5 lety +14

    Bless you up!!!!!😍😍😍😍😍😍 as a Gemini born under Mercury Hermes in parts of Vodoun he is Legba Exu... I love him sooo much...

  • @jocelynrubin1394
    @jocelynrubin1394 Před 5 lety +13

    my favourite character in myth. my favourite statue of him is Hermes tying his sandal and Hermes in the painting La Primavera (Spring).

    • @vaggos013
      @vaggos013 Před 5 lety +4

      I like him too and my favourite statue of him is "Hermes of Praxiteles" in which he holds Dionysus in infant age.

  •  Před 4 lety +3

    Hermes is my fav one. He holds a lot of information and very quick witted.

  • @08MrPancakes
    @08MrPancakes Před 3 lety +12

    He puts the message from the gods in one of his birkin or kelly bags, and then he flies off to deliver them wearing a fancy scarf. Aphrodite is jealous of his closet in Olympus.

  • @michaelgallegos5752
    @michaelgallegos5752 Před 5 lety +4

    As always a great episode from art work,music selection and knowledge regarding the deities themselves. Really amused regarding Hermes top speed, that sounds about right. Thank-you for all the care that you put into this series. I'm sure Hermes himself appreciates it as well. I always look forward to receiving the notice that you have put up a new chapter. It's like receiving a favored chocolate. Sincerely.

  • @bitowladon67
    @bitowladon67 Před 5 lety +15

    "Think of your favorite Deity"
    Me: Uh, but that is Hermes

  • @arthurmartins5495
    @arthurmartins5495 Před 5 lety +135

    What about his link with Thoth? Hermes Trismegistus anyone?

  • @LaLa-bb5kb
    @LaLa-bb5kb Před 5 lety +6

    Yes I have binged off these vids all weekend 😒 I’ve always loved Greek mythology and astrology

  • @silverd6315
    @silverd6315 Před 5 lety +6

    I've always been interested in Greek and Norse Mythology I really enjoy your videos you do a great job

  • @angusmacdonald7187
    @angusmacdonald7187 Před 5 lety +4

    Ever since I was a little kid, I have loved Hermes; wonderful job!

  • @adesuwadewit5467
    @adesuwadewit5467 Před 5 lety

    i 'm still new to greek mythology. but the way you say it is so soothing and understandable , i'm falling in love with greek mythology . thanks !!

  • @ivopoulsen
    @ivopoulsen Před 5 lety +28

    Thoth and Hermes are said to be the same deity. Or Thoth is where The Greeks got the idea for Hermes.

    • @nsdtgabe4082
      @nsdtgabe4082 Před 3 lety

      Other way around, Hermes is indo european the only egyptian cults we know actually were actually brought to greece were Hathor and Tawaret

  • @2001kelvinwhite
    @2001kelvinwhite Před 5 lety +8

    Always been one of my favorite greek gods

  • @pmsnowraven4211
    @pmsnowraven4211 Před 5 lety +59

    I would love to see you do a tale on Lillith, the actual first wife of Adam.

    • @pauldavisjr.3284
      @pauldavisjr.3284 Před 5 lety +3

      That would be an interesting video to watch.

    • @xreid66
      @xreid66 Před 5 lety +2

      I agree!! I’ve personally peaked so many folks interest when I’ve told them what I knew of the story.

    • @Sparky-dr1ii
      @Sparky-dr1ii Před 5 lety +1

      I thought that there was just one.

    • @sashaleegriffiths857
      @sashaleegriffiths857 Před 5 lety +7

      I guess ya'll were there in the beginning to know if that's even true🤷🏽‍♀️😶

    • @jaceyneubauer4359
      @jaceyneubauer4359 Před 5 lety +1

      I'm all for that :) I would love learn about her !

  • @dylanderoo1063
    @dylanderoo1063 Před 2 lety +4

    Absolutely LOVE Hermes and his tales. I have his staff tattooed on my forearm. We can do everything if we set our mind to it 🙏🏼

  • @ianmurphy9955
    @ianmurphy9955 Před 3 lety +1

    Loving the channel mate, Mythology has captured me since I was a kid. Also the word you're looking to describe Hermes travelling through the underworld is a psychopomp

  • @jakpanurudeentanko269
    @jakpanurudeentanko269 Před 4 lety +10

    In human form Hermes energy make a person a jack of all trade and the challenge is that this person's can't stay on to completion of a task they have so much energy and drive for freedom,change,and exploration. The worst part,they like engaging in short term pleasures that create a long term suffering.

    • @hayez3915
      @hayez3915 Před 3 lety

      As a one of an infinite manifestation of the hermes archetypal energy, this is too true 😂

    • @adz3240
      @adz3240 Před 2 lety

      @@hayez3915 facts bro

  • @tennaanasia8171
    @tennaanasia8171 Před 4 lety +17

    Where's my gemini squad at? ♊

  • @matthewmanetti8560
    @matthewmanetti8560 Před 5 lety

    love the general bios/stories of the major gods and heroes. you should do more of them! awesome channel

  • @cordellhuckaby6256
    @cordellhuckaby6256 Před 5 lety +2

    I absolutely love your videos. Thank you for every upload

  • @tylerchapin1566
    @tylerchapin1566 Před 5 lety +89

    Is that SKYRIM music I hear in the background??

    • @alexandergeorgiev2485
      @alexandergeorgiev2485 Před 5 lety +1

      It is! Very peaceful. I love it, 🙏🏽 Amen!

    • @anatoljan5412
      @anatoljan5412 Před 5 lety +4

      that is the first thing I have noticed... glad i am not the only one.. :D

    • @RobertSlover
      @RobertSlover Před 5 lety +1

      or more aptly put skyrim used the traditional music of the harp in the aeolian scale/mode

    • @pedrosolorio8243
      @pedrosolorio8243 Před 5 lety

      I thought the saaame thing lol

    • @BetterThanYou96
      @BetterThanYou96 Před 5 lety

      Tyler Chapin YESSSS!!!

  • @rickastley8214
    @rickastley8214 Před 5 lety +6

    The only negative aspect of Hermes is that he has a weaker sense of duty than his brother Apollo. There is a reason Apollo is trusted to patronize the Oracle at Delphi, because he takes this role very seriously. Hermes would make a fine oracle technically speaking. However, he would likely use the position to play tricks on people.
    Pan is the beginning stage of mankind. Wild, unpredictable, although with an early reverence for culture exemplified by his Panpipes. He represents man's past. The initial stages of overcoming beastly instincts, represented by his half man half beat form.
    Hermes is the middle stage of humanity's ascent. He represents the current stage of mankind. He has fully mastered his beastly instincts, but not yet his human intellect (at least in benevolence terms), hence why he loves to play tricks. He is often depicted as a young man for these reasons. He is the "adolescent" form of human kind, and is not originally a god for this reason, he must earn it, just as humans must "earn" their afterlife.
    Apollo is the "finished product" of mankind, so to speak. He is fully ascended into godhood, he has fully mastered both his beastly instincts as well as his human nature, and although he is still wrathful and arrogant at times (representing that he has not fully mastered his GODhood) he symbolizes what mankind can strive to become. He is a master of culture, and patronizes the Oracle at Delphi for these reasons. He has mastered the arts, as well as the mind. He is the 'future' of mankind.

  • @theone3746
    @theone3746 Před 5 lety +31

    wow! And here I though he was just the ups man of the gods.

  • @baronsamedi5741
    @baronsamedi5741 Před 5 lety +14

    Hermes is my favourite Greek God too

  • @brmblazer
    @brmblazer Před 4 lety +6

    It’s interesting how Hermes was basically split into two gods with the Norse/Germanic myths. Loki and Odin are the Hermetic/Mercurial equivalents in Norse mythology. Loki is the trickster god and Odin is the messenger god (among other things)

  • @KimberlyLetsGo
    @KimberlyLetsGo Před 4 lety +4

    He delivers flowers really fast.

  • @LG-bs1rs
    @LG-bs1rs Před 5 lety +1

    Great video once again. Hermes is one of my favorite Greek gods.

  • @setsemit777
    @setsemit777 Před 5 lety +1

    Excellent Dude! I'm really enjoying your videos.

  • @namelessro
    @namelessro Před 5 lety +3

    I have two wings on my ankles to replicate the winged sandals. It’s to remind myself to travel and seek other cultures and hopefully not get smite by Zues’ bolt when traversing in Zues’ domain.
    Great video again mate 👍🏻

  • @grower-gq5yb
    @grower-gq5yb Před 5 lety +3

    Well done video keep up the grate work

  • @TheSonOfTheDragon
    @TheSonOfTheDragon Před 5 lety +1

    I am obsessed with all things mythology, specifically Norse myth. So your channel is truly a gift of the gods. I have to ask, did cover Pan or Chrion from Greek myth, or what I call The Agents of Ragnarok Surtr, Fenrir, Hel, and Jormangdr?

  • @amberschofield3758
    @amberschofield3758 Před 4 lety +1

    I just found your channel, now it is one of my favorites. 😊

  • @sarahgirlisit
    @sarahgirlisit Před 5 lety +37

    Now that’s a resume!

  • @Coasteraddict1
    @Coasteraddict1 Před 4 lety +3

    This is so useful. I have a school project and I was assigned Hermès.

  • @johnkokkinis8193
    @johnkokkinis8193 Před 5 lety +2

    A great video once again! Hermes is quite an interesting God! Could you do Astraea in one for next videos? I believe that not many things are known about her.

  • @rainingoogle4362
    @rainingoogle4362 Před 5 lety +2

    Kudos on using Skyrim BGM 🙂 one of the best tracks I listen to while reading.

  • @typhon8
    @typhon8 Před 3 lety +3

    Hermès is my favorite Greek god I loved this thanks 😄

  • @thehoodedhero5452
    @thehoodedhero5452 Před 4 lety +5

    Always my favorite of them all. Jack of All Trades for sure.

  • @Michael-yv6mp
    @Michael-yv6mp Před 3 lety

    Loved this one, hermes \ mercury have been my favorite for awhile, seen some videos of him being demonized, but your video was amazing

  • @3000ararat
    @3000ararat Před 4 lety

    I love everything about this story, and also I like that personality to be Positive thinking all the time in the life, thank you sir.

  • @rolyngeorges7315
    @rolyngeorges7315 Před 4 lety +9

    Hermes is another one of my favorites in Greek Mythology.

  • @jacobwallace2158
    @jacobwallace2158 Před 5 lety +8

    Hermes is a god I pray to often. I've been waiting for this video for a while. Thanks.

    • @micsokoli9162
      @micsokoli9162 Před 5 lety

      @@FoolKingHermes , shut up and let him pray to me!

    • @wildmen5025
      @wildmen5025 Před 4 lety +1

      I pray and give offerings to Hermes everyday! Io Hermes!

    • @gabrielthemessenger3305
      @gabrielthemessenger3305 Před 4 lety +1

      See To It That You Do Not Do That.
      He Is An Angel ,
      And Therefore Not To Be Worshipped .
      Hermes Would Heavily Disapprove Of Your Worship.
      Worship
      The Most High.
      God Is Love.
      Love Is The Beginning & The End
      The Alpha & Omega .

    • @gabrielthemessenger3305
      @gabrielthemessenger3305 Před 3 lety +1

      @@pathfinder3031 Cronus is not YHWH
      The Arch Angels (Gods) Were Approved To Accept Worship and Offerings , Long Ago, That Time Is Coming To The End. We Were Empowered To The Point Necessary Through The Dedication Of Mans Worship Through Us In Past Incarnations. Its Time To Give All Glory To The Sun God , RA(christ), Source(YHWH), and RAs Holy Spirit(Energy) I Am Hermes Ares Thoth Mars . I Am A Fallen God, That Does Not Accept Worship. All Glory To Christ.
      YHWH Yin Yangs Light And Darkness Unite Under 1. Without The 1 Leading We Would Never Have Position For Balance And Unity
      @Ariana A

    • @gabrielthemessenger3305
      @gabrielthemessenger3305 Před 3 lety

      @@pathfinder3031 Were Preparing For War . YHWH Does Not Hate The Other Gods. Unfortunately The Enemy Does Not Love The Children Of The Most High, And Wants Us Dead, And I'm Not Talking About Satan
      We Did Not Start The War Proclaimation Between The Highest Dietys , But We Sure Are Preparing To End It.
      The Devil Has Already Lost
      The Annunaki Have Already Lost.
      1Love

  • @samuraisoul1043
    @samuraisoul1043 Před 5 lety +2

    Thanks I didn't know he was that interesting.i thought he was just fast and a messenger and a bit more but not that mich more and another word that came from Greek mythology hermaphrodite .makes complete sense when you say it it's a culmination of their names but you I never knew that and I had no idea it was another Greek story .they continue to amaze me.this is a great channel. thanks 👍😉

  • @SkittlesM14
    @SkittlesM14 Před 3 lety

    The best part of this video honestly, is the oblivion music in the background

  • @justzephan2267
    @justzephan2267 Před 5 lety +4

    you’re my favorite youtuber

  • @HVLLOWS1999
    @HVLLOWS1999 Před 5 lety +6

    You should do Roman Mythology and clear up the differences between them.
    Also Celtic mythology would be good.

  • @petertyson4022
    @petertyson4022 Před 2 lety

    Learned a few things , forgetting some. remembered a few. Herme was one of my favourite Greek gods . Tell I found out he's the God of thefs. Interesting show. Keep it up. 👍😊

  • @delstanley1349
    @delstanley1349 Před 5 lety +5

    If you saw "Jason & the Argonauts" the 1963 version starring Todd Armstrong (with
    Ray Harryhausen doing his magic) you saw Hermes transforming into a giant before your eyes and taking Jason to Mt. Olympus for a sit down. He was decked out in his winged helmet too. Cool! "Talos will stop you," is one of my memorable lines from that movie. Talos was a bad-assed 230 feet (or 23 stories high) bronze Titan. Also "kill, kill, kill them all," was the command by the king to his army of sword swash buckling skeletons to take out Jason. One skeleton was killed when the blade of a sword went between his ribs! Must have been an inside joke or something---the skeleton went down in a lot of agony---ouch! Ray Harryhausen at his best in this flick.

  • @JustinBailey91
    @JustinBailey91 Před 5 lety +15

    I think Hermes is the deification of faith, the thing that moves everything in the universe.
    It would explain why is the only one who can move in and out of the realm of the dead.

  • @thelostfarmstead1308
    @thelostfarmstead1308 Před 5 lety +55

    My god! No really I am a Gemini! 😝 Hermes is my god ❤ I love him. Communication is key!!

    • @Sparky-dr1ii
      @Sparky-dr1ii Před 5 lety +3

      So am I.

    • @BlackHatTy
      @BlackHatTy Před 5 lety +7

      Hermes rules over Gemini, you're very fortunate.

    • @thelostfarmstead1308
      @thelostfarmstead1308 Před 5 lety +2

      Black Hat Ty I know he is my favorite god 💞 I used to not like him then I learned about him and so many things make more sense now

    • @SuperBenette
      @SuperBenette Před 5 lety +3

      He is ruled by venus and mercury - end of taurus and beginning of gemini, mars is his moonsign ruler, that means he was a healer and a architect,

    • @aphroditesmith3311
      @aphroditesmith3311 Před 5 lety +2

      How did u find out that Hermès is ruled by Gemini because I was thinking same thing.

  • @spaghettistealer
    @spaghettistealer Před 5 lety +1

    Quality content, thank you !

  • @Megacringezzhideout
    @Megacringezzhideout Před 3 lety

    " jack of all trait, master of all"
    the *exact* phrase that been stick to my mind for some time. and I really like it.

  • @theseeker2586
    @theseeker2586 Před 3 lety +3

    I remember having read somewhere that even though according to the myth Pan was Hermes's son, in actuality, some accounts date Pan before Hermes historically and support the theory that Hermes was an aspect of Pan's that later on got separated and formed a different deity, hence the association with herds, shepherds, cattle, etc.

  • @Red4Eyed2Jedi0
    @Red4Eyed2Jedi0 Před 5 lety +5

    Hermes is as fast as he wants to be, in my opinion. I think a lot about this stuff for fantasy writing purposes, but I think one of the perks of being a god, is that unlike mortals, and unless it's against another divine creature, there really are no limits at all. Hermes being the personification of speed in Greek mythology could just simply be as fast as needed as physics generally do not apply to gods than any other mythological creature.

  • @stevenseagal9911
    @stevenseagal9911 Před 4 lety

    Love the elder scrolls music that you use. Both fitting and nostalgic.

  • @jannes3290
    @jannes3290 Před 5 lety +1

    Congratulations for 400k subs!

  • @randomthoughts635
    @randomthoughts635 Před 5 lety +13

    Yes!!!
    Hermes Video..
    He's one of the few gods that you wouldn't think twice to love.
    Thank you.😍

  • @UnlockingTheSpirit
    @UnlockingTheSpirit Před 2 lety +3

    Based on the mythology, is it possible that there’s a reincarnation of Hermès in our world? That would be the coolest thing ever lol

  • @Monatio79
    @Monatio79 Před rokem +1

    Fun facts. Hermes' Roman equivalent, Mercury, is where we get the word "mercurial" from, as well as providing the name of the e-commerce company, Mercari.

  • @davidcutwater2479
    @davidcutwater2479 Před 4 lety

    So glad I found this channel! Where have you been all my life....lol?

  • @hallets1956
    @hallets1956 Před 5 lety +5

    Geees. And I thought my son was bad enough climbing a 6foot high fence at 9 months old lolol. Looove your videos.

  • @michaelwaiganjo3274
    @michaelwaiganjo3274 Před 3 lety +4

    he is always represented as a young guy bcoz Hermes is the embodiment of time itself. Time never grows old

  • @minanguelova
    @minanguelova Před 5 lety +1

    awesome video, so clear! very useful to me

  • @amritsaggu2265
    @amritsaggu2265 Před 4 lety

    Great work on this. Thank you.

  • @mutzgaming8071
    @mutzgaming8071 Před 5 lety +15

    Love ur vids who is ur favourite deity

  • @elisabethchan6292
    @elisabethchan6292 Před 5 lety +44

    *_-Is that weird that I associate him with the “nyoom” meme?-_*
    Could you please make a video about Apollo? It would be nice because Apollo and Hermes are pretty close in Greek mythology.

  • @beingiwe7256
    @beingiwe7256 Před 2 lety

    Thanks
    It's nice to be back.

  • @johnbroadway4196
    @johnbroadway4196 Před 12 dny

    I was curious About Hermes, and the
    facts which show how dimensional he is. Proves how he could really be that Greek god that has that companion on a road trip.