Hermes: God of Roads, Travel, Hospitality, Heralds Letterbox Hybrid
Hermes: God of Roads, Travel, Hospitality, Heralds
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This Letterbox Hybrid has been placed in south Moorhead with permission. It is in an employee parking lot and the larger parking lot just north of the employee lot is for students, please park on 7th street. The Start waypoint is the starting point of the Letterbox way of finding the cache.
As with all Letterbox hybrids a stamp has been included with the log book. This is for cachers to stamp their personal Letterboxing log and is not a trade item. Due to cold weather we have not included an ink pad, cachers will need to bring their own. Nor is there room for a pen or pencil, be sure to bring your own.
To find this Letterbox, a geocacher can use the coordinates above to locate the container, or you can head to the parking lot that is on the Southeast corner of 12th Ave. S. and 7th St. Once there, go to the west edge of the parking lot and follow the curb to the northern most point of the west edge, you should be on the south side of the diagonal sidewalk leading to the parking area.
From this starting point the Letterbox Hybrid is 368 feet from you, on a heading of 164°. Use a compass or project a waypoint with your GPSr to lead you to the hidden container.
HERMES was the great Olympian God of animal husbandry, roads, travel, hospitality, heralds, diplomacy, trade, thievery, language, writing, persuasion, cunning wiles, athletic contests, gymnasiums, astronomy, and astrology. He was also the personal agent and herald of Zeus, the king of the gods. Hermes was depicted as either a handsome and athletic, beardless youth, or as an older bearded man. His attributes included the herald's wand or kerykeion (Latin caduceus), winged boots, and sometimes a winged travellers cap and chlamys cloak.
The caduceus motif is most ancient. Near Eastern archaeological finds from 3100 BC attest to the twin-snake design. Equally early is the single-snake design. Creation epics of the Near and Far East depict the snake as symbolical of the Agathodaemon or Kakodaemon, the good or the evil one. Other literary documents connect the snake with life, immortality, and the gods of healing. Both archaeological and literary evidences indicate that in most ancient times a snake rod or staff was utilized in the craft of healing.
John T. Bunn, ThD
JAMA. 1967;202(7):615-619.
Additional Hints
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Ybbx! Uvf fnaqnyf unir jvatf.
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