who is Hermes ?

Hermes is the messenger god, as well as the god of travelers, roads, livestock, merchants, young men, and thieves. Hermes is the leader of souls, or psychopompus, who conducts the dead to the realm of Hades in the underworld. His symbol is his wand, the kerykeion or caduceus, and his winged sandals, and he is also known as god of dreams. His counterpart in Roman mythology is Mercury.