His symbols include the tortoise, the rooster, the winged hat, the caduceus and his winged sandals.
Another of his duties was to take Dreams from the God Morpheus and deliver them to the mortals. He also acted as the messenger of Hades, guiding departed souls to their final resting place and carrying messages between the Underworld and Olympus. As an Olympian god, his sphere of influence was vast he was the patron of boundaries (and the travelers who cross them), shepherds and cowherds, thieves and liars (and their cunning), orators and wit, literature and poets, athletics and sports, weights and measures, invention, general commerce, profit and good luck. In Greek mythology, Hermes is the messenger of the gods and additionally, a guide to the Underworld.
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