winged sandals
Flying foot attire
Winged sandals are footwear with small wings attached at the ankles, associated with the Greek god Hermes (Roman Mercury), who served as messenger to the gods.
The wings enabled swift flight between realms.
In figurative use, winged sandals suggest speed or the ability to move freely: With her new running shoes, she felt like she had winged sandals.
- HermesOlympian messenger deity
- messenger godImmortal who carries communications
- MercuryMessenger god or planet
- Greek mythologyAncient Greek divine narratives
- ancient GreeceClassical Mediterranean civilization
flight · messenger · gods · Mount Olympus · ankles · feathers · swift · golden · mythical · Perseus · Medusa · speed · Greek · Roman · divine · soaring · nimble · quicksilver
- Greek mythologyZeus, Athena, Apollo, Hera, Poseidon
- fantasy clothingglass slippers, ruby slippers, golden slippers, invisibility cloak, princess dress
- classical motifsacanthus, Greek key, guilloche, meander, volute
- mythic symbolsouroboros, caduceus, axis mundi, Mjolnir, cosmic egg
- Perseus mythPerseus, Andromeda, Medusa, Pegasus, Gorgon
- enchanted footwearruby slippers, glass slippers, seven-league boots, magic boots, seven league boots
mobility/speed
winged sandalsball and chain
Fetter limiting prisoner movement
ankle weights · leg irons · fetters · hobbles · millstone
wing, winged, wings, winging, wingless, wingspan, sandal, sandals, sandaled