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Mercury

Also known as: Mercurius

By Elizabeth Stein for Mythos Atlas. About the author. Editorial notes are grounded in the site's cited sources and can be challenged through the contact page.

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About Mercury

Messenger of the gods and god of commerce, eloquence, messages, travelers, boundaries, luck, and thieves. Guide of souls to the underworld. Roman equivalent of Hermes.

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messengerscommercethievestravelersboundarieseloquence

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caduceuswinged sandalswinged caprooster