On 16/01/2008, Dan Guillou <dguillou_at_aY2GhzPfuEgO3FLRfIj6ZktqTtKXIAgNX6g__yNoMqrRru5Vem1kW-u81A_LEy5KDZ5V7LV07rpu-b-ugrs-2g.yahoo.invalid> wrote:
> Hermes. My weakest case. Not a fullfledged trickster, but rather many
> functions, perhaps originally many deities, amalgated into one divine
> being with strong trickster aspects. God of merchants, thieves and
> gamblers. Also god of clever lies and wild stories. Started out by
> stealing Appollos cattle and inventing the lyre, while still a baby.
> Adopted (or actually recognized as an official Zeus bastard) tamed,
> incorporated into the pantheon, gainfully employed as divine messenger,
> and psychopomp. Some of the stuff that tricksters ordinarily do turn up
> with other greek beings, like Athene (inventing technology, lie really
> well) Anyway, I'd say ... 60/20/10/10? Just guessing on the
> meaningless/stupid things, really.
If Hermes is a capital-T Trickster, what does this say about Issaries?
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