Hymn to Hermes Enodios
You know, I did say I was going to post this then I completely forgot about it until now. So, here is the hymn I wrote during my ritual last week. Feedback is appreciated, and bear in my that I quite literally just sat down and started writing this, so if its not that good, that's why.
Hermes Enodios
The roads are yours
The highways stretching to the distant horizon
The hidden pathways through forest and meadow
The dark dusty trail leading nowhere and everywhere
Restless wanderer, your journey is endless
Every sight you have seen
Every path you have walked
Yet never satisfied, you hunger for more
More sights to see, more paths to walk, new territory to explore
It is your name men call when, straying from the safety of home
To dark, unfamiliar worlds
To you do they call for safe passage, for protection and guidance
For only you can call back the shadows and keep danger at bay
To you as well belong the children of the roads
Those men who do not know Hestia's comforting touch
Those who live beyond the village, mortal dwellers of the liminal realm
These outcasts are your special children and you guard them well
Show them how to think on their feet, live by their wits
To survive in a free but harsh world
Hermes Enodios
Welcome everywhere yet belonging nowhere
I offer my praise to you.
A lone traveler you are,
Rarely is one welcome to walk alongside you
So it is my great honor to see your hand open to me
The inviting smile on your laughing lips
And so I will accompany you, Hermes
Walking along in your winged footsteps
The sights I will see, the knowledge I will gain
Well worth the sacrifice of home, family, stability
The path is hard and not for all
But I will persevere
I will be a wanderer of life's many pathways
With my immortal guide forever beside me
Pointing out the way ahead.
Naturally that last part is mostly relevant to me, and reading it afterwards has given me much to think about on exactly what it means to follow Hermes, what you will gain and what you will have to give up in exchange. That I will post more about soon as well, as I'm still working things out in my head.
Hermes Enodios
The roads are yours
The highways stretching to the distant horizon
The hidden pathways through forest and meadow
The dark dusty trail leading nowhere and everywhere
Restless wanderer, your journey is endless
Every sight you have seen
Every path you have walked
Yet never satisfied, you hunger for more
More sights to see, more paths to walk, new territory to explore
It is your name men call when, straying from the safety of home
To dark, unfamiliar worlds
To you do they call for safe passage, for protection and guidance
For only you can call back the shadows and keep danger at bay
To you as well belong the children of the roads
Those men who do not know Hestia's comforting touch
Those who live beyond the village, mortal dwellers of the liminal realm
These outcasts are your special children and you guard them well
Show them how to think on their feet, live by their wits
To survive in a free but harsh world
Hermes Enodios
Welcome everywhere yet belonging nowhere
I offer my praise to you.
A lone traveler you are,
Rarely is one welcome to walk alongside you
So it is my great honor to see your hand open to me
The inviting smile on your laughing lips
And so I will accompany you, Hermes
Walking along in your winged footsteps
The sights I will see, the knowledge I will gain
Well worth the sacrifice of home, family, stability
The path is hard and not for all
But I will persevere
I will be a wanderer of life's many pathways
With my immortal guide forever beside me
Pointing out the way ahead.
Naturally that last part is mostly relevant to me, and reading it afterwards has given me much to think about on exactly what it means to follow Hermes, what you will gain and what you will have to give up in exchange. That I will post more about soon as well, as I'm still working things out in my head.