He is the god of trade, wealth, luck, fertility, animal husbandry, sleep, language, thieves and travel is charged with guiding the souls of the dead to the afterlife. One of the cleverest and most mischievous of the 12 Olympian gods Hermes was their herald and messenger Hermes was known to be quick and cunning and had the ability to freely move between the mortal and divine worlds It is this skill that made him a luck-bringing messenger to the gods and intercessor between mortals and the divine