Hermes
God of communication, commerce, thieves, and boundaries. Hermes guides souls to the underworld as psychopomp, mediating between worlds and states of being. His cunning and eloquence make him patron of travelers, merchants, and tricksters. Inventor of the lyre and associated with alchemy and hermetic philosophy, Hermes represents fluid intelligence and the transgression of boundaries. His caduceus symbolizes reconciliation of opposites.
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