HERMES

HERMES

• Hermes is the messenger of the gods
• He is one of the only gods that can go from the real world to the underworld at will.
• He has a winged hat and winged shoes.
• He is the god of thieves and commence( To start something).
• He is known to steal other gods stuff and hide them in unbelievable locations.

HERMES' FAMILY

• His father is Zeus and his mother is a mountain nymph named Miai( A nymph is a person that guards areas of the world.
• Apollo is Hermes' half brother.
• He had 24 children. One which is Orion(A giant huntsman placed among the stars by Zeus).
• He had many wifes but the one that we know most about is a nymph named Penlopia
• Hermes was Zeus' youngest son. Zeus knew it was going to be fun to have hermes as a child.

HERMES MYTH

• Back when Hermes was still an infant he secretly got out of his cradle to
• start his journey to northern Greece. His aim was to steal the cattle of
• his half brother Apollo. When he discovered the herd he pulled the hoofs out
• of the cows feet attaching them in reverse order. He then took the herd and hid
• them in a cave. Then he want back to mount Cyllene to his cave.

PT.2 MYTH

• Once Apollo found out Hermes took his cattle he
• went straight to Hermes' mother to take Hermes to Zeus.
• He told Zeus about Hermes stealing the cattle. Zeus did not
• punish Hermes because he found the story amusing. All he did
• was tell him to return the cattle. After this Hermes offered Apollo his lyre.

MORAL OF THE MYTH

• It has not been determined
• if this myth has a moral.
• I think the moral is always apologize.

HERMES AND PERSEUS

• It is said that Hermes helped Perseus on his journey to kill Medusa( a gorgon).
• He gave him his winged shoes and gave him a invisibility hat.
• He also gave him a sword or Sickle.

JOBS OF HERMES

WHAT HERMES INVENTED

• Astronomy
• Musical scale
• Harp or Lyre
• Weight and mesurments
• Gymnastics and boxing

WHY ARE MYTHS STILL AROUND??

• Myths are still around because people
• like to know about what ancient people
• believed.
• I think myths were created because they
• wanted to teach people things in a fun way.