How valid of an interpretation of a story concerning the Greek

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How valid of an interpretation of a story concerning the Greek gods is this?

So in the story of Mercury's birth he steals Apollo's herds, then reconciles with him by giving Apollo a gift in the form of a lyre, of later fame.

Now, Apollo is the god of Truth, which is a form of knowledge. Mercury is also described as being cunning, but more of a trickster, but nevertheless is representative of knowledge.

Mercury was young (Not a day old) when he stole from Apollo, showing his youthful cunning and intelligence, and Apollo representing pure truth and justice was upset at this deceit, but the two are reconciled since Mercury's trickster background helps Apollo form his truth which sometimes could be harsh into a more palatable form, represented as giving him a lyre. Thus youthful cunning and pride comes together with older, wiser truth to create, what is essentially, rhetoric.

Am I reading too far into this? Is it simply just a story about a trickster god and his brother?