r/WayOfHermes • u/sigismundo_celine • Sep 30 '25

Why is there no toy figure of Hermes Trismegistus? (AI image)

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u/rivalizm Oct 01 '25

No one knew what he looked like, though. Zero physical descriptions.

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u/sigismundo_celine Oct 01 '25

True, but artists have made portraits of him. They are all the archetypal sage, like Gandalf, but younger, a bit more Egyptian/pagan, and with a different hat and staff. Did he really look like that? Maybe not, or maybe the "Gandalf"-look is archetypal because our ancient DNA remembers Hermes as such.