Mars is everywhere!

Well, we can all agree that Mercury/Hermes is a busy body,  That god is having a lot on his hand: trade, communication, travelling up and down and everywhere in between in addition of every compass direction, a god of thievery too.  Mercury is also leading death souls in the underworld.  This god is also a messenger.  He deliver messages, faciliting communication.  So, maybe he is goind postal?  Message delivery is akin to letter delivery.  The stories doesn't says if Jupiter/Zeus messages were written.  Due to Mercury thieving side, I also see him a bit dabbling in trickeries.   Mercury/Hermies is full of ressources.  If there is a problem, he was sended in situ to resolve complicated situation.  One of Zeus'/Jupiter mistress called Io, Mercury/Hermes was there to get her out of trouble.  He even have the fastest planet of the solar system named after him.  He have the caduceus.  He created the lyre, a bit an ancester of the guitar.  I guess he could also be linked with laywers.  After stealing cattle from his brother Apollo, Hermes/Mercury had a nice speak to get out of trouble.  So, Mercury/Hermes is a polyvalent god.  The most polyvalent god in the pantheon.  HIs godly porfolio is varied and I am sure that this god isn't sitting down getting bored.

Even if Mercury/Hermes is keeping busy, he is not the only one that gives inspiration.  I am thinking of Mars.  Of course, Mars is a god of a very few string on his bow.  The Greek equivalent, Ares, is only known to concentrate on war, fighting and blood.  On the Roman side, I think there was a small tie with agriculture.  For sure, if agriculture was linked with Mars, it was not something we remember now.  So, then, why talk about Mars being everywhere?  Well, Mars is very imprinded in our world.  Just think of all the frenzy about the planet Mars.  This planet gather more interest than the planet Mercury.  Secondly, Mars is liniked with the calendar: there is the month of March.  In French, there is also a day dedicated to Mars: Mardi which is Tuesday.  And who could forget the memorable performace of the actor (Kevin Tod Smith) who was doing the god Ares in tv show Hercules and Zena?  The pertrayal was so good!  It is a shame we can't have this kind of perfomance now!  It was instrumental in giving Ares/Mars some big notoriety in our modern world.  Because of Mars, we have the name for the martial arts umbrella,  Various kind of fighting goes into his domain and it is useful.

Mercury/Hermes is not the only nice humky god on Olympus.  Mercury is everywere and can be a source of inspiration.  It is just not the only god that can give inspiration.  Mars /Ares deserve a bit more recognition.  Ares may be extremely brutal but having good self defence is also a good thing.  I do think that Mars/Ares deserve to have a place in our lives.  It is already in our lives and we are not always conscious about it.