The Emerald Tablet, believed to be crafted from emerald or green stone, is said to hold the secrets of the universe. Surrounded by legends, its origin remains unclear. One common tale suggests discovery in a tomb beneath the statue of Hermes in Tyana, clutched in the hands of the legendary Hermes Trismegistus himself. According to myth, the tablet's creator is the Egyptian god Thoth, who, as Armando Mei writes, "divided his knowledge into 42 plates of emerald, codifying the great scientific principles ruling the Universe." Legend has it that after the gods' fall, the Hermetic tablets were hidden to prevent human discovery, and only Thoth, upon his return to that dimension, could retrieve the mysterious book