Articles for tag: Greek Mythology, Hermes, Mythology

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Greek Mythology’s Hermes and His Aliases: Mercury, Thoth and Lugh

When looking at sources for Greek mythology, there is no better place to turn than The Dictionary of Ancient Deities, by Patricia Turner and Charles Russell Coutler, which is the source used to gather the information for this article. This article will focus on describing the overall depiction of Hermes throughout history, including his different ...

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Fun Trivia About Nymphs in Greek Mythology

In Greek mythology, nymphs are nature goddesses of lower rank, who are attached to the location they live in, e.g. a tree, a river, a lake, a spring, a mountain, a rock, etc. In a sense, they are like the genius loci (= guardian spirit of a place) of Roman mythology, or the fairies of ...