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Hermes

"The Fast One"

Every other god is a place. He is the road between them.

Song 14 of Gods of the Dial

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Figure in this songHermes

The myth, as it's usually told

Hermes

Hermes was born at dawn, invented the lyre by noon, and stole Apollo's cattle by nightfall. He became the messenger of the gods, protector of travelers, merchants and thieves, and the guide who walks the souls of the dead down to the underworld. He belongs to no single realm; he moves between all of them.

What the song hears

The reframe

Every other god rules a place. Hermes is motion itself.

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