Lizibopho ezihlanganisa iGibhithe neGrisi ziqinile futhi zikude ngisho noma onkulunkulu abasondeza izithombe babangela ukwesaba kukaHerodotus, iqiniso lihlala likhona lokuthi amasiko womabili awazange ayeke ukuba nomthelela komunye nomunye. Ngakho-ke unkulunkulu uThoth, umbhali wezincwadi zenkolo ngokwenkolelo yaseGibhithe, wahlotshaniswa noHermes kanye nezincwadi ezintsha, ngesiGreki, kepha kudonswa ngentshiseko yaseGibhithe, yathuthukiswa ngaphansi kwegama likaHermes. Le mibhalo, ehlanganiswe ndawonye ngaphansi kwegama le- Corpus Hermeticum, uhlanganise izinkulumo okusolakala ukuthi zenziwa nguHermes, futhi zisebenza njengezinkomba zemfihlakalo yeHermetic, ngezindlela eziningi ezifana ne-Orphism. I-Hermeticism, umcabango ongaqondakali wohlelo lwesambulo uhlanganisa i-cosmogony, i-anthropology kanye ne-eschatology, futhi ikhiqize izindlela eziningi zokufundwa kwezinkanyezi.