Hermod (pronounced "HAIR-mode"; from Old Norse Hermóðr) is a minor figure in Norse mythology.
The meaning and etymology of his name aren't entirely clear, but it seems likely that his name is either a variant of hermaðr, "warrior," or means "fury of war" (from herr, "army," and móðr, "excitement, wrath, passion").
Hermod is best known from medieval Icelander Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda, from an episode in which he travelled to the underworld on Sleipnir, the horse of the god Odin. There, he unsuccessfully pleaded with Hel, the death goddess, to return his brother Baldur to the world of the living.