▁cult ▁was ▁established ▁in ▁Greece ▁in ▁remote ▁regions , ▁likely ▁making ▁him ▁originally ▁a ▁god ▁of ▁nature , ▁far mers , ▁and ▁she ph erd s . ▁It ▁is ▁also ▁possible ▁that ▁since ▁the ▁beginning ▁he ▁has ▁been ▁a ▁de ity ▁with ▁sh aman ic ▁attributes ▁linked ▁to ▁div ination , ▁recon c ili ation , ▁magic , ▁sacrific es , ▁and ▁init iation ▁and ▁contact ▁with ▁other ▁plan es ▁of ▁existence , ▁a ▁role ▁of ▁medi ator ▁between ▁the ▁world s ▁of ▁the ▁visible ▁and ▁invisible . ▁According ▁to ▁a ▁theory ▁that ▁has ▁received ▁considerable ▁scholar ly ▁accept ance , ▁Herm es ▁origin ated ▁as ▁a ▁form ▁of ▁the ▁god ▁Pan , ▁who ▁has ▁been ▁identified ▁as ▁a ▁ref lex ▁of ▁the ▁Pro to - Ind o - Europe an ▁past oral ▁god ▁* P é h 2 us ō n , ▁in ▁his ▁aspect ▁as ▁the ▁god ▁of ▁boundary ▁markers . ▁Later , ▁the ▁ep ith et ▁supp l anted ▁the ▁original ▁name ▁itself ▁and ▁Herm es ▁took ▁over ▁the ▁roles ▁as ▁god ▁of ▁mess engers , ▁travel ers , ▁and ▁boundaries , ▁which ▁had ▁originally ▁belonged ▁to ▁Pan , ▁while ▁Pan ▁himself ▁continued ▁to ▁be ▁v ener ated ▁by ▁his ▁original ▁name ▁in ▁his ▁more ▁rust ic ▁aspect ▁as ▁the ▁god ▁of ▁the ▁wild ▁in ▁the ▁relatively ▁isolated ▁mountain ous ▁region ▁of ▁Arc ad ia . ▁In ▁later ▁myth s , ▁after ▁the ▁cult ▁of ▁Pan ▁was ▁re int rodu ced ▁to ▁Att ica , ▁Pan ▁was ▁said ▁to ▁be