Post #8

Previously on 'How Hermes Duped a Cow' the climax was when Hermes switched the cow's feet to backwards only, and the resolution to this mess would be when Hermes feels bad because Apollo flipped out and in return he switches the cattle's feet back to normal and give Apollo his lyre.

Post #7 The climax

In 'How Hermes Duped a Cow', the climax would be both when Hermes switched the feet of the cows which gradiates into when Apollo found out about his jacked up cows, and confronted Hermes.

Post #5

The characters present in my myth, are:

• Hermes
• Hermes's mother, Maia
• Apollo
• Zeus
• Apollo's cows

Hermes was just an infant when he pranked Apollo by switching the feet of his cows.

He was still living with his mother, Maia, a mountain nymph, in a secluded cave. Maia, obviously had no idea what her son did overnight, so she is completely oblivious as to why Apollo would be so mad.

Apollo really loves his cows, and he was just off doing his sun, poem, herding, business until Hermes came and made him mad. He's quick to forgive though, and wasn't too angry after Hermes fessed up and gave Apollo a lyre.

Zeus surprisingly finds it quite amusing that Apollo just got tricked my a toddler, but does some good for once and fixes Apollo's cows with the help of Hermes.

Apollo's cows, I would assume were pretty distressed because they couldn't go anywhere but they were pretty forgiving to Hermes too because cows are awesome.

Post #9 Narrative

I was just a baby, when I first started my shenanigans, however you'd do best not to underestimate a baby.
Of course I had done usual baby pranks, that anyone would expect from an infant like me. So when I caught wind that my half brother, Apollo, had an entire herd of sacred cows, what did you expect me to do?

So one night, I snuck out of my cave on Mount Cyllene, and traveled to where the cows were said to be. As soon as I got there, I'm not gonna lie, I was pretty impressed by their ostentatious demeanor. Knowing I had limited time before the sun came up, I set to work.

Once I was done, I sat back on my heels and marveled my work. There the cows stood in front of me, stumbling hilariously as their feet had been switched so the only had one direction to go: backwards.

I glance at the sky and notice the breaking dawn, and I quickly scrambled up and raced home, and was back in my cave in no time! Of course, no one noticed I was gone, so I simply plopped back down in my cradle next to my sleeping mother, and slept like a baby for awhile.

I only woke up when I heard a tremendous shout shake me out my beauty sleep. Cunning me, I knew exactly who was so upset, and proceeded to go about my daily routines, until the ugly, red-from-rage faced Apollo stormed into my cave. He proceeded to yell and yell at me saying how he just knew it was me who switched the feet of his cattle. My mother, my beautifully oblivious mother, who knew nothing, yelled right back, and backed me up like the mother I was proud of.

Apollo, clearly getting nowhere with me, stormed right on up to Olympus and complained to Zeus himself! I was summoned up there too, and I gleefully watched Apollo get more and more angry when Zeus started to laugh at Apollo at how silly this was, and how 'an infant like me could never have pulled a stunt like that.' However, Zeus, being the almighty hero or whatever, switched the cows feet back and said he's keep an eye on me.

Apollo was so distressed that I actually started to feel quite bad for him, and thus promptly wen tup tp him and apologized, making himi feel my remorse. Apollo seemed to understand and soon, came to find my joke quite amusing, and he finally realized I was so cunning, that he named me his official cow herder or something like that. In my apology, I presented to Apollo a lyre that I had made out of turtle shell. He now cherishes it. Zeus, finding my quick acting extraordinary, named me messenger of the gods, which came with some fashion statements too, like winged sandals, winged ha, and my beloved caduceus.

Morale of story: Don't mess with Apollo's cows. Only I can do that.

Post #4

This is myth takes place on Mount Cyllene, in Arcadia. Hermes was born in a secluded cave in a ridged bowl-shaped valley, that was lush with greenery. The powerful essence of the toddler Hermes, and the somewhat lesser power (but not in radiance, because DANG Maia was fine!) of his mountain nymph mother, Maia.

Post #3

Mythomagical Hermes

Hermes, is the god of many things, but most importantly, the god of mischief and thievery. The kid had a natural talent of nicking your spectacles right from your nose without you ever noticing. Even as an infant, Zeus and Maia had a difficult time of keeping up with the shifty trickster....

Even as an infant, Hermes had more Ferris Bueller in him than I ever have...

When Hermes was still a toddler, he snuck out of his cradle, and out of his cave and set off to a place called Pieria, which was in northern Greece. The wee devil had his sights on his half-brother, Apollo's sacred cows. 

Finding these cows very quickly for a toddler, Hermes sneakily stole one cow at a time from Apollo's watch and with them he did an odd thing: He detached their hooves and replaced them in a mismatched order, so they stumbled around hilariously and clumsily, and could only walk backwards. 

Taking these cows, he hid them in a cave (Hermes seems to have a thing with caves) and casually resumed his baby life back in his own cave on Mount Cyllene.

Of course, Apollo found out, but Hermes was a little surprised at how slow his half-brother caught on to his shenanigans. It's like Apollo worshiped those cows, so he'd thought he would've been been way more furious way faster. 

Apollo had been searching for the cows everywhere, but of course the footprints were like riddles to him, because they were backwards. But then Apollo  realized he was the god of Prophecies and eventually discovered it was the little prick Hermes, and thus stormed to Mount Cyllene. When he got there, Hermes was sound asleep in his cradle, but Apollo paid no attention to that and roughly  took them both up to Mount Olympus, so that Zeus could take his annoyance out on him.

At first, when asked, Hermes denied everything and lied to Zeus, which takes ultimate will power, but of course, as in all lies, the truth was unveiled. Surprisingly enough and much to the fury of Apollo, Zeus wasn't very mad, and only asked that the cow herd be returned. 

Hermes, in a stunning turn of events, felt remorse for what he had done, and in a sort of peace offering, he gave Apollo his homemade lyre, which he crafted out of turtle bone. Apollo, finally feeling gratified and a little flustered, gave Hermes a pretty golden staff that could herd the cows, because Apollo apparently liked the kids guts and wit.

After the events that took place, not only was there peace on Olympus, but Apollo and Hermes became bosom friends.  

Post #2

Cultural Hermes

Hermes is mentioned in many different places because he's kind of a popular dude. For example:

• Hermes has a fashion line dedicated to him, mainly because one of Hermes's symbols is a little prada purse. 
  

• The next cultural reference towards Hermes is in Rick Riordan's mythological fantasy book series Percy Jackson and the Olympians. Since these books are very accurate and about Greek/Roman mythology, Hermes is mentioned multiple times. Also, in the second book's movie adaptation (which was nothing like the book, and thinking about it makes me hostile) of Sea of Monsters, Hermes plays an important role of supreme FedEx king or the likes of it. 
• The last but not least, there is a rad sculpture of Hermes and Apollo in The British Museum, with his cute little sandals, and caduceus.
  
• This is no longer needed, but there was also a place of worship, almost a shrine to Hermes, which was also, coincidentally, his birthplace. Mount Cilene, is located in Arcadia.

Links: https://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/gr/m/marble_statue_of_hermes.aspx

http://www.greek-gods.info/greek-gods/hermes/#hermes-family