是希腊奥林匹斯十二主神之一，八大行星中的水星。宙斯与玛亚的儿子。出生在阿耳卡狄亚的一个山洞里，最早是阿耳卡狄亚的神，是强大的自然界的化身。奥林匹斯统一后，他成为畜牧之神，是宙斯的传旨者和信使。他也被视为行路者的保护神，是商人的庇护神，雄辩之神。传说他发明了尺、数和字母。他聪明狡猾，又被视为欺骗之术的创造者，他把诈骗术传给了自己的儿子。他还是七弦琴的发明者，是希腊各种竞技比赛的庇护神。后来他又与古埃及的智慧神托特混为一体，被认为是魔法的庇护者，他的魔杖可使神与人入睡，也可使他们从梦中醒来。

　　Hermes ( /ˈhɜrmiːz/; Greek : Ἑρμῆς) was an Olympian god in Greek religion and mythology, son of Zeus and the Pleiade Maia. He was second youngest of the Olympian gods.

　　Hermes was a god of transitions and boundaries. He was quick and cunning, and moved freely between the worlds of the mortal and divine, as emissary and messenger of the gods, intercessor between mortals and the divine, and conductor of souls into the afterlife. He was protector and patron of travelers, herdsmen, thieves, orators and wit, literature and poets, athletics and sports, invention and trade. In some myths he is a trickster, and outwits other gods for his own satisfaction or the sake of humankind. His attributes and symbols include the herma, the rooster and the tortoise, purse or pouch, winged sandals,winged cap, and his main symbol was the herald's staff, the Greek kerykeion or Latin caduceus which consisted of two snakes wrapped around a winged staff.

　　In the Roman adaptation of the Greek pantheon (see interpretatio romana), Hermes was identified with the Roman god Mercury, who, though inherited from the Etruscans, developed many similar characteristics, such as being the patron of commerce.[citation needed]