myth of Pallene therefore was that Cleitus could become king of her land only by marrying her, the local form of the Great. The "Hermesian" The ancestral aspect of , who was the first man and the founder of the tribe, himself had a royal aspect in his role as the first king and the founder of the dynasty, and this royal aspect of was equated by Herodotus with the Greek Hermes. This Thracian "Hermes" therefore was not a separate god of the aristocracy, but was in fact a royal aspect of to whom the Thracian nobility saw themselves as being more closely related compared to the rest of the people. This "Hermesian" or royal was worshipped only by the Thracian aristocracy and royalty, who worshipped him most prominently among all the aspects of , swore oaths only by him, and claimed specifically him as their ancestor, not unlike how the Scythian god Thagimasadas was worshipped only by the Royal Scythians, thus setting the Thracian nobility and royalty apart from the common people by a cult specific to this royal form of the god. The identification of this god with the Greek Hermes likely resulted from the latter's role as the god of vows, but also from his function as a mediator, especially between Heaven and Earth, which was an important aspect of kingship, since the role of the ruler within Thracian society was to mediate between various groups and individuals, between his people and outsiders, and between human community and the gods, hence why the king also had to be a priest. Representations of the "Hermesian" as driving cattle are related to the use of cattle as a form of currency among archaic peoples such as the Thracians, and to the transferring of their ownership being used to symbolised the society's social dynamics, with whoever possessed more cattle being richer and powerful. Hence, the "Hermesian" was a god associated with cattle as a form of mobile wealth, as opposed to the hearth-goddess , who was the goddess of inanimate wealth associated with the home. Among the Odrysae, the local form of the "Hermesian" was the Hero Tereus, a legendary king of Daulis to whom the historical founder of the Odrysae kingdom and dynasty, Teres I, had become assimilated as part of the traditional identification of the king with the Hero , especially in the latter's "Hermesian" aspect. This is