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href="https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercurius" title="Mercurius – Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="Mercurius" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A_(%D8%A3%D8%B3%D8%B7%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A9)" title="ميركوري (أسطورة) – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="ميركوري (أسطورة)" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercurio_(mitoloch%C3%ADa)" title="Mercurio (mitolochía) – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Mercurio (mitolochía)" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merkuri_(mifologiya)" title="Merkuri (mifologiya) – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Merkuri (mifologiya)" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9rkurius_(mitologi)" title="Mérkurius (mitologi) – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Mérkurius (mitologi)" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF" title="মারকিউরি – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="মারকিউরি" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%B9_(%D0%BC%D1%96%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%96%D1%8F)" title="Меркурый (міфалогія) – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Меркурый (міфалогія)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B9_(%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%8F)" title="Меркурий (митология) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Меркурий (митология)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merkur_(mitologija)" title="Merkur (mitologija) – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Merkur (mitologija)" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merc%27her_(doue)" title="Merc'her (doue) – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Merc'her (doue)" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercuri_(mitologia)" title="Mercuri (mitologia) – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Mercuri (mitologia)" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merkur_(mytologie)" title="Merkur (mytologie) – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Merkur (mytologie)" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-co mw-list-item"><a href="https://co.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercuriu_(mitolugia)" title="Mercuriu (mitolugia) – Corsican" lang="co" hreflang="co" data-title="Mercuriu (mitolugia)" data-language-autonym="Corsu" data-language-local-name="Corsican" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Corsu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercher_(mytholeg)" title="Mercher (mytholeg) – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Mercher (mytholeg)" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merkur_(gud)" title="Merkur (gud) – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Merkur (gud)" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercurius" title="Mercurius – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Mercurius" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercurius" title="Mercurius – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Mercurius" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%8D%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%82" title="Μερκούριους – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Μερκούριους" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercurio_(mitolog%C3%ADa)" title="Mercurio (mitología) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Mercurio (mitología)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merkuro_(dio)" title="Merkuro (dio) – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Merkuro (dio)" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merkurio_(mitologia)" title="Merkurio (mitologia) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Merkurio (mitologia)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B1%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C_(%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%B7%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%87)" title="مرکوری (اسطوره) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="مرکوری (اسطوره)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercure_(mythologie)" title="Mercure (mythologie) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Mercure (mythologie)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mearcair_(miotaseola%C3%ADocht)" title="Mearcair (miotaseolaíocht) – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Mearcair (miotaseolaíocht)" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercurio_(deus)" title="Mercurio (deus) – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Mercurio (deus)" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A9%94%EB%A5%B4%EC%BF%A0%EB%A6%AC%EC%9A%B0%EC%8A%A4" title="메르쿠리우스 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="메르쿠리우스" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80" title="मरक्युरी – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="मरक्युरी" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merkur_(mitologija)" title="Merkur (mitologija) – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Merkur (mitologija)" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merkurius_(mitologi)" title="Merkurius (mitologi) – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Merkurius (mitologi)" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercurio_(deo)" title="Mercurio (deo) – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Mercurio (deo)" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merk%C3%BAr_(gu%C3%B0)" title="Merkúr (guð) – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Merkúr (guð)" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercurio_(divinit%C3%A0)" title="Mercurio (divinità) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Mercurio (divinità)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A1" title="מרקוריוס – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="מרקוריוס" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%99%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98_(%E1%83%A6%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%97%E1%83%98)" title="მერკური (ღმერთი) – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="მერკური (ღმერთი)" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kw mw-list-item"><a href="https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merher_(duw)" title="Merher (duw) – Cornish" lang="kw" hreflang="kw" data-title="Merher (duw)" data-language-autonym="Kernowek" data-language-local-name="Cornish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kernowek</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercurius" title="Mercurius – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Mercurius" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merk%C3%BBr_(m%C3%AEtoloj%C3%AE)" title="Merkûr (mîtolojî) – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Merkûr (mîtolojî)" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercurius_(deus)" title="Mercurius (deus) – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Mercurius (deus)" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merkurs_(mitolo%C4%A3ija)" title="Merkurs (mitoloģija) – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Merkurs (mitoloģija)" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merkur_(Mythologie)" title="Merkur (Mythologie) – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Merkur (Mythologie)" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merkurijus_(mitologija)" title="Merkurijus (mitologija) – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Merkurijus (mitologija)" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lij mw-list-item"><a href="https://lij.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercuio_(divinit%C3%A6)" title="Mercuio (divinitæ) – Ligurian" lang="lij" hreflang="lij" data-title="Mercuio (divinitæ)" data-language-autonym="Ligure" data-language-local-name="Ligurian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ligure</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercuri_(dia)" title="Mercuri (dia) – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Mercuri (dia)" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%80_(%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%B3)" title="Меркур (бог) – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Меркур (бог)" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merkiora_(andriamanitra)" title="Merkiora (andriamanitra) – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Merkiora (andriamanitra)" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mt mw-list-item"><a href="https://mt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merkurju_(mitolo%C4%A1ija)" title="Merkurju (mitoloġija) – Maltese" lang="mt" hreflang="mt" data-title="Merkurju (mitoloġija)" data-language-autonym="Malti" data-language-local-name="Maltese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80" title="मर्क्युरी – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="मर्क्युरी" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%89(%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AB%D9%88%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%A7)" title="ميركيورى(ميثولوجيا) – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ميركيورى(ميثولوجيا)" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercurius" title="Mercurius – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Mercurius" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mni mw-list-item"><a href="https://mni.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%AF%83%EA%AF%A6%EA%AF%94%EA%AF%80%EA%AF%AD%EA%AF%8C%EA%AF%A8%EA%AF%94%EA%AF%A4_(%EA%AF%88%EA%AF%A3%EA%AF%8C%EA%AF%A8%EA%AF%9D)" title="ꯃꯦꯔꯀ꯭ꯌꯨꯔꯤ (ꯈꯣꯌꯨꯝ) – Manipuri" lang="mni" hreflang="mni" data-title="ꯃꯦꯔꯀ꯭ꯌꯨꯔꯤ (ꯈꯣꯌꯨꯝ)" data-language-autonym="ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ" data-language-local-name="Manipuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercurius_(mythologie)" title="Mercurius (mythologie) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Mercurius (mythologie)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A1%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A6%E3%82%B9" title="メルクリウス – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="メルクリウス" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merkur_(gud)" title="Merkur (gud) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Merkur (gud)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guden_Merkur" title="Guden Merkur – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Guden Merkur" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercuri_(mitologia)" title="Mercuri (mitologia) – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Mercuri (mitologia)" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merkuriy_(xudo)" title="Merkuriy (xudo) – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Merkuriy (xudo)" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%80" title="ਮਰਕਰੀ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਮਰਕਰੀ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pms mw-list-item"><a href="https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercuri_(mitolog%C3%ACa)" title="Mercuri (mitologìa) – Piedmontese" lang="pms" hreflang="pms" data-title="Mercuri (mitologìa)" data-language-autonym="Piemontèis" data-language-local-name="Piedmontese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Piemontèis</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merkury_(mitologia)" title="Merkury (mitologia) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Merkury (mitologia)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merc%C3%BArio_(mitologia)" title="Mercúrio (mitologia) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Mercúrio (mitologia)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercur_(zeu)" title="Mercur (zeu) – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Mercur (zeu)" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B9_(%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%84%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%8F)" title="Меркурий (мифология) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Меркурий (мифология)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_(mythology)" title="Mercury (mythology) – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Mercury (mythology)" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merk%C3%BAr_(boh)" title="Merkúr (boh) – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Merkúr (boh)" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merkur_(mitologija)" title="Merkur (mitologija) – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Merkur (mitologija)" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%8E%D8%B1%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C_(%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%AA%DB%86%D9%84%DB%86%DA%98%DB%8C%D8%A7)" title="مێرکوری (میتۆلۆژیا) – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="مێرکوری (میتۆلۆژیا)" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%80_(%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%B3)" title="Меркур (бог) – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Меркур (бог)" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merkur_(mitologija)" title="Merkur (mitologija) – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Merkur (mitologija)" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercurius" title="Mercurius – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Mercurius" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercurius" title="Mercurius – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Mercurius" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merkuryo_(mitolohiya)" title="Merkuryo (mitolohiya) – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Merkuryo (mitolohiya)" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BF_(%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8A%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D)" title="மெர்க்குரி (தொன்மவியல்) – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="மெர்க்குரி (தொன்மவியல்)" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%8C%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B5_(%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%93%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%A1)" title="เมอร์คิวรี (เทพปกรณัม) – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="เมอร์คิวรี (เทพปกรณัม)" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merk%C3%BCr_(mitoloji)" title="Merkür (mitoloji) – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Merkür (mitoloji)" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%80%D1%96%D0%B9_(%D0%BC%D1%96%D1%84%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%96%D1%8F)" title="Меркурій (міфологія) – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Меркурій (міфологія)" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury" title="Mercury – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" 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href="/wiki/Libation#Ancient_Rome" title="Libation">libation</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Votum" title="Votum">votum</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_temple" title="Roman temple">temples</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_festivals" title="Roman festivals">festivals</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ludi" title="Ludi">ludi</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_funerary_practices" title="Roman funerary practices">funerary practices</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_imperial_cult" title="Roman imperial cult">imperial cult</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greco-Roman_mysteries" title="Greco-Roman mysteries">mystery religions</a></li></ul> </div></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background:#F0ACAC"> <a href="/wiki/Template:Priesthoods_of_ancient_Rome" title="Template:Priesthoods of ancient Rome">Priesthoods</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content plainlist"> <div class="div-col" style="column-width: 6em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/College_of_Pontiffs" title="College of Pontiffs">Pontifices</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Augur" title="Augur">Augures</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vestal_Virgin" title="Vestal Virgin">Vestales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flamen" title="Flamen">Flamines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fetial" title="Fetial">Fetiales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epulones" title="Epulones">Epulones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arval_Brethren" title="Arval Brethren">Fratres Arvales</a></li></ul> </div></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background:#F0ACAC"> <a href="/wiki/List_of_Roman_deities" title="List of Roman deities">Deities</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content plainlist"> <div class="div-col" style="column-width: 6em;"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Dii_Consentes" title="Dii Consentes">Dii Consentes</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capitoline_Triad" title="Capitoline Triad">Capitoline Triad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aventine_Triad" title="Aventine Triad">Aventine Triad</a></li> <li><span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la"><a href="/wiki/Indigitamenta" title="Indigitamenta">Indigitamenta</a></i></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Di_inferi" title="Di inferi">underworld gods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Roman_agricultural_deities" title="List of Roman agricultural deities">agricultural gods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Roman_birth_and_childhood_deities" title="List of Roman birth and childhood deities">childhood gods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_imperial_cult#Divus,_deus_and_the_numen" title="Roman imperial cult">divine emperors</a></li></ul> </div></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background:#F0ACAC"> Related topics</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_ancient_Roman_religion" title="Glossary of ancient Roman religion">Glossary of ancient Roman religion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_mythology" title="Roman mythology">Roman mythology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_religion" title="Ancient Greek religion">Ancient Greek religion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Etruscan_religion" title="Etruscan religion">Etruscan religion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gallo-Roman_religion" title="Gallo-Roman religion">Gallo-Roman religion</a></li> <li><span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la"><a href="/wiki/Interpretatio_Graeca" class="mw-redirect" title="Interpretatio Graeca">Interpretatio Graeca</a></i></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christianization_of_the_Roman_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Christianization of the Roman Empire">Decline</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar 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href="/wiki/Template:Ancient_Roman_religion_sidebar" title="Template:Ancient Roman religion sidebar"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Ancient_Roman_religion_sidebar" title="Template talk:Ancient Roman religion sidebar"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Ancient_Roman_religion_sidebar" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Ancient Roman religion sidebar"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Mercury</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'m' in 'my'">m</span><span title="/ɜːr/: 'ur' in 'fur'">ɜːr</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="/j/: 'y' in 'yes'">j</span><span title="/ʊr/: 'our' in 'courier'">ʊr</span><span title="/i/: 'y' in 'happy'">i</span></span>/</a></span></span>; <a href="/wiki/Latin_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Latin language">Latin</a>: <i lang="la">Mercurius</i> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="la-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Latin" title="Help:IPA/Latin">[mɛrˈkʊrijʊs]</a></span> <span class="noprint"><span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="ext-phonos-PhonosButton noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/3\/3a\/La-cls-Mercurius.ogg\/La-cls-Mercurius.ogg.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"La-cls-Mercurius.ogg"},"classes":["ext-phonos-PhonosButton","noexcerpt","ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel"]}"><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3a/La-cls-Mercurius.ogg/La-cls-Mercurius.ogg.mp3" rel="nofollow" aria-label="Play audio" title="Play audio" class="oo-ui-buttonElement-button"><span class="oo-ui-iconElement-icon oo-ui-icon-volumeUp"></span><span class="oo-ui-labelElement-label"></span><span class="oo-ui-indicatorElement-indicator oo-ui-indicatorElement-noIndicator"></span></a></span><sup class="ext-phonos-attribution noexcerpt navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/wiki/File:La-cls-Mercurius.ogg" title="File:La-cls-Mercurius.ogg">ⓘ</a></sup></span></span>) is a major god in <a href="/wiki/Religion_in_ancient_Rome" title="Religion in ancient Rome">Roman religion</a> and <a href="/wiki/Roman_mythology" title="Roman mythology">mythology</a>, being one of the 12 <a href="/wiki/Dii_Consentes" title="Dii Consentes">Dii Consentes</a> within the ancient <a href="/wiki/Roman_pantheon" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman pantheon">Roman pantheon</a>. He is the god of financial gain, commerce, eloquence, messages, communication (including <a href="/wiki/Divination" title="Divination">divination</a>), travelers, boundaries, luck, trickery, and thieves; he also serves as the guide of souls to the underworld<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the "messenger of the gods". </p><p>In Roman mythology, he was the son of <a href="/wiki/Maia" title="Maia">Maia</a>, one of the <a href="/wiki/Pleiades_(Greek_mythology)" title="Pleiades (Greek mythology)">seven daughters</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Titans" title="Titans">Titan</a> <a href="/wiki/Atlas_(mythology)" title="Atlas (mythology)">Atlas</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Jupiter_(mythology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jupiter (mythology)">Jupiter</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-parents_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-parents-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In his earliest forms, he appears to have been related to the <a href="/wiki/Etruscan_mythology" class="mw-redirect" title="Etruscan mythology">Etruscan deity</a> <a href="/wiki/Turms" title="Turms">Turms</a>; both gods share characteristics with the <a href="/wiki/Greek_mythology" title="Greek mythology">Greek god</a> <a href="/wiki/Hermes" title="Hermes">Hermes</a>. He is often depicted holding the <a href="/wiki/Caduceus" title="Caduceus">caduceus</a> in his left hand. Similar to his <a href="/wiki/Interpretatio_graeca" title="Interpretatio graeca">Greek equivalent</a> Hermes, he was awarded a <a href="/wiki/Magic_wand" class="mw-redirect" title="Magic wand">magic wand</a> by <a href="/wiki/Apollo" title="Apollo">Apollo</a>, which later turned into the <a href="/wiki/Caduceus" title="Caduceus">caduceus</a>, the staff with intertwined snakes. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mercury-in-repose-Villa-of-the-Papyri-Herculaneum-1908-Barker.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="alt=Illustration of bronze statue of a nude male youth, seated on a rock with one leg outstretched, leaning on the opposite thigh, from the 1908 volume Buried Herculaneum by Ethel Ross Barker; caption reads "Mercury in Repose"" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Mercury-in-repose-Villa-of-the-Papyri-Herculaneum-1908-Barker.jpg/220px-Mercury-in-repose-Villa-of-the-Papyri-Herculaneum-1908-Barker.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="322" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Mercury-in-repose-Villa-of-the-Papyri-Herculaneum-1908-Barker.jpg/330px-Mercury-in-repose-Villa-of-the-Papyri-Herculaneum-1908-Barker.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Mercury-in-repose-Villa-of-the-Papyri-Herculaneum-1908-Barker.jpg/440px-Mercury-in-repose-Villa-of-the-Papyri-Herculaneum-1908-Barker.jpg 2x" data-file-width="538" data-file-height="788" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Seated_Hermes" title="Seated Hermes">Seated Hermes</a>, excavated at the <a href="/wiki/Villa_of_the_Papyri" title="Villa of the Papyri">Villa of the Papyri</a>.</figcaption></figure> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mercury_(mythology)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The name "Mercury" is possibly related to the Latin words <i><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/merx" class="extiw" title="wikt:merx">merx</a></i> ("merchandise"; cf. <i>merchant</i>, <i>commerce</i>, etc.), <i><span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">mercari</i></span></i> (<i>to trade</i>), and <i><span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">merces</i></span></i> (<i>wages</i>); another possible connection is the Proto-Indo-European root merĝ- for "boundary, border" (cf. <a href="/wiki/Old_English" title="Old English">Old English</a> "<span title="Old English (ca. 450-1100)-language text"><i lang="ang">mearc</i></span>", <a href="/wiki/Old_Norse" title="Old Norse">Old Norse</a> "<span title="Old Norse-language text"><i lang="non">mark</i></span>" and Latin "<span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">margō</i></span>") and Greek <span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc" style="font-style: normal;">οὖρος</span></span> (by analogy of <span title="Greek-language romanization"><i lang="el-Latn">Arctūrus</i></span>/<span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc" style="font-style: normal;">Ἀρκτοῦρος</span></span>), as the "keeper of boundaries," referring to his role as bridge between the upper and lower worlds.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mercury_(mythology)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Mercury did not appear among the <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la"><a href="/wiki/Numinous" title="Numinous">numinous</a></i></span> <i><span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la"><a href="/wiki/Di_indigetes" title="Di indigetes">di indigetes</a></i></span></i> of early <a href="/wiki/Religion_in_ancient_Rome" title="Religion in ancient Rome">Roman religion</a>. Rather, he subsumed the earlier <a href="/wiki/Dei_Lucrii" title="Dei Lucrii">Dei Lucrii</a> as Roman religion was <a href="/wiki/Syncretism" title="Syncretism">syncretized</a> with <a href="/wiki/Religion_in_ancient_Greece" class="mw-redirect" title="Religion in ancient Greece">Greek religion</a> during the time of the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Republic" title="Roman Republic">Roman Republic</a>, starting around the 4th century BC.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> His cult was introduced also by influence of <a href="/wiki/Etruscan_religion" title="Etruscan religion">Etruscan religion</a> in which <a href="/wiki/Turms" title="Turms">Turms</a> had similar characteristics.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From the beginning, Mercury had essentially the same aspects as <a href="/wiki/Hermes" title="Hermes">Hermes</a>, wearing winged shoes (<a href="/wiki/Talaria" title="Talaria">talaria</a>) and a winged hat (<span title="Greek-language romanization"><i lang="el-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Petasos" title="Petasos">petasos</a></i></span>), and carrying the <a href="/wiki/Caduceus" title="Caduceus">caduceus</a>, a herald's staff with two entwined snakes that was <a href="/wiki/Apollo" title="Apollo">Apollo</a>'s gift to Hermes. He was often accompanied by a <a href="/wiki/Rooster" class="mw-redirect" title="Rooster">rooster</a>, herald of the new day,<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a ram or goat, symbolizing <a href="/wiki/Fertility" title="Fertility">fertility</a>, and a tortoise, referring to Mercury's legendary invention of the <a href="/wiki/Lyre" title="Lyre">lyre</a> from a tortoise shell. </p><p>Like Hermes, he was also a god of messages, eloquence and of trade, particularly of the <a href="/wiki/Grain_trade" title="Grain trade">grain trade</a>. He was the patron of travelers and the god of thievery as well. Mercury was also considered a god of abundance and commercial success, particularly in <a href="/wiki/Gaul" title="Gaul">Gaul</a>, where he was said to have been particularly revered.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was also, like Hermes, the Romans' <a href="/wiki/Psychopomp" title="Psychopomp">psychopomp</a>, leading newly deceased souls to the afterlife. Additionally, <a href="/wiki/Ovid" title="Ovid">Ovid</a> wrote that Mercury carried <a href="/wiki/Morpheus_(mythology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Morpheus (mythology)">Morpheus</a>'s dreams from the valley of <a href="/wiki/Somnus" title="Somnus">Somnus</a> to sleeping humans.<sup id="cite_ref-Littleton_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Littleton-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Archeological evidence from <a href="/wiki/Pompeii" title="Pompeii">Pompeii</a> suggests that Mercury was among the most popular of Roman gods.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The god of commerce was depicted on two early bronze coins of the Roman Republic, the <a href="/wiki/Sextans_(coin)" title="Sextans (coin)">sextans</a> and the <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la"><a href="/wiki/Semuncia" title="Semuncia">semuncia</a></i></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Syncretism">Syncretism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mercury_(mythology)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Syncretism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When they described the gods of Celtic and Germanic tribes, rather than considering them separate deities, the Romans interpreted them as local manifestations or aspects of their own gods, a cultural trait called the <i><span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la"><a href="/wiki/Interpretatio_romana" class="mw-redirect" title="Interpretatio romana">interpretatio romana</a></i></span></i>. Mercury, in particular, was reported as becoming extremely popular among the nations the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Empire" title="Roman Empire">Roman Empire</a> conquered; <a href="/wiki/Julius_Caesar" title="Julius Caesar">Julius Caesar</a> wrote of Mercury being the most popular god in Britain and Gaul, regarded as the inventor of all the arts.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This is probably because, in the Roman <a href="/wiki/Syncretism" title="Syncretism">syncretism</a>, Mercury was equated with the <a href="/wiki/Celtic_mythology" title="Celtic mythology">Celtic god</a> <a href="/wiki/Lugus" title="Lugus">Lugus</a>, and in this aspect was commonly accompanied by the Celtic goddess <a href="/wiki/Rosmerta" title="Rosmerta">Rosmerta</a>. Although Lugus may originally have been a deity of light or the sun (though this is disputed), similar to the Roman Apollo, his importance as a god of trade made him more comparable to Mercury, and Apollo was instead equated with the Celtic deity <a href="/wiki/Belenus" title="Belenus">Belenus</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Littleton_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Littleton-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Romans associated Mercury with the <a href="/wiki/Germanic_paganism" title="Germanic paganism">Germanic god</a> <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Odin" title="Odin">Wotan</a></i></span>, by <i><span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">interpretatio romana</i></span></i>; 1st-century Roman writer <a href="/wiki/Tacitus" title="Tacitus">Tacitus</a> identifies him as the chief god of the Germanic peoples.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This association of Mercury and Wotan is seen in the English language day-name Wednesday and the French Mercredi. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Names_and_epithets">Names and epithets</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mercury_(mythology)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Names and epithets"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Mercury is known to the Romans as <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">Mercurius</i></span> and occasionally in earlier writings as <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">Merqurius, Mirqurios</i></span> or <i><span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">Mircurios</i></span></i>, had a number of <a href="/wiki/Epithets" class="mw-redirect" title="Epithets">epithets</a> representing different aspects or roles, or representing syncretisms with non-Roman deities. The most common and significant of these epithets included the following: </p> <ul><li><i>Mercurius Artaios</i>, a syncretism of Mercury with the Celtic god <a href="/wiki/Artaios" class="mw-redirect" title="Artaios">Artaios</a>, a deity of bears and hunting who was worshipped at <a href="/wiki/Beaucroissant" title="Beaucroissant">Beaucroissant, France</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Green_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Green-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Mercurius Arvernus</i>, a syncretism of the Celtic <a href="/wiki/Arvernus" title="Arvernus">Arvernus</a> with Mercury. Arvernus was worshipped in the <a href="/wiki/Rhineland" title="Rhineland">Rhineland</a>, possibly as a particular deity of the <a href="/wiki/Arverni" title="Arverni">Arverni tribe</a>, though no dedications to Mercurius Arvernus occur in their territory in the <a href="/wiki/Auvergne_(province)" class="mw-redirect" title="Auvergne (province)">Auvergne region</a> of central France.<sup id="cite_ref-Green_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Green-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mercurius_Cimbrianus" title="Mercurius Cimbrianus">Mercurius Cimbrianus</a></i>, a syncretism of Mercury with a god of the <a href="/wiki/Cimbri" title="Cimbri">Cimbri</a> sometimes thought to represent Odin.</li> <li><i>Mercurius Cissonius</i>, a combination of Mercury with the Celtic god <a href="/wiki/Cissonius" title="Cissonius">Cissonius</a>, who is written of in the area spanning from <a href="/wiki/Cologne" title="Cologne">Cologne, Germany</a> to <a href="/wiki/Saintes,_Charente-Maritime" title="Saintes, Charente-Maritime">Saintes, France</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Green_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Green-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Mercurius Esibraeus</i>, a syncretism of the <a href="/wiki/Iberians" title="Iberians">Iberian</a> deity <a href="/w/index.php?title=Esibraeus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Esibraeus (page does not exist)">Esibraeus</a> with the Roman deity Mercury. Esibraeus is mentioned only in an inscription found at <a href="/w/index.php?title=Medelim&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Medelim (page does not exist)">Medelim</a>, Portugal, and is possibly the same deity as Banda Isibraiegus, who is invoked in an inscription from the nearby village of <a href="/wiki/Bemposta_(Abrantes)" title="Bemposta (Abrantes)">Bemposta</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Mercurius Gebrinius</i>, a syncretism of Mercury with the Celtic or Germanic <a href="/wiki/Gebrinius" title="Gebrinius">Gebrinius</a>, known from an inscription on an altar in <a href="/wiki/Bonn" title="Bonn">Bonn, Germany</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Green_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Green-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Mercurius Moccus</i>, from a Celtic god, <a href="/wiki/Moccus" title="Moccus">Moccus</a>, who was equated with Mercury, known from evidence at <a href="/wiki/Langres" title="Langres">Langres, France</a>. The name Moccus ("pig") implies that this deity was connected to boar-hunting.<sup id="cite_ref-Green_12-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Green-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Mercurius Sobrius</i> ("Mercury the Teetotaler"), a syncretism of Mercury with a <a href="/wiki/Carthaginian_(people)" class="mw-redirect" title="Carthaginian (people)">Carthaginian</a> god of commerce.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Mercurius Visucius</i>, a syncretism of the Celtic god <a href="/wiki/Visucius" title="Visucius">Visucius</a> with the Roman god Mercury, attested in an inscription from <a href="/wiki/Stuttgart" title="Stuttgart">Stuttgart, Germany</a>. Visucius was worshipped primarily in the frontier area of the empire in Gaul and Germany. Although he was primarily associated with Mercury, Visucius was also sometimes linked to the Roman god <a href="/wiki/Mars_(mythology)" title="Mars (mythology)">Mars</a>, as a dedicatory inscription to "Mars Visucius" and Visucia, Visicius' female counterpart, was found in Gaul.<sup id="cite_ref-Green_12-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Green-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_ancient_literature">In ancient literature</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mercury_(mythology)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: In ancient literature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Virgil" title="Virgil">Virgil</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Aeneid" title="Aeneid">Aeneid</a></i>, Mercury reminds <a href="/wiki/Aeneas" title="Aeneas">Aeneas</a> of his mission to found the city of Rome. In Ovid's <i><a href="/wiki/Fasti_(poem)" title="Fasti (poem)">Fasti</a></i>, Mercury is assigned to escort the nymph <a href="/wiki/Larunda" title="Larunda">Larunda</a> to the underworld. Mercury, however, falls in love with Larunda and makes love to her on the way. Larunda thereby becomes mother to two children, referred to as the <a href="/wiki/Lares" title="Lares">Lares</a>, invisible <a href="/wiki/Household_god" class="mw-redirect" title="Household god">household gods</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Temple">Temple</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mercury_(mythology)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Temple"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Temple_of_Mercury" title="Temple of Mercury">Mercury's temple in Rome</a> was situated in the <a href="/wiki/Circus_Maximus" title="Circus Maximus">Circus Maximus</a>, between the <a href="/wiki/Aventine_Hill" title="Aventine Hill">Aventine</a> and <a href="/wiki/Palatine_Hill" title="Palatine Hill">Palatine</a> Hills, and was built in 495 BC.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>That year saw disturbances at Rome between the patrician <a href="/wiki/Roman_Senate" title="Roman Senate">senators</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Plebs" class="mw-redirect" title="Plebs">plebeians</a>, which led to a <a href="/wiki/First_secessio_plebis_in_494_BC" class="mw-redirect" title="First secessio plebis in 494 BC">secession of the plebs</a> in the following year. At the completion of its construction, a dispute emerged between the consuls <a href="/wiki/Appius_Claudius_Sabinus_Regillensis" title="Appius Claudius Sabinus Regillensis">Appius Claudius Sabinus Regillensis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Publius_Servilius_Priscus_Structus" class="mw-redirect" title="Publius Servilius Priscus Structus">Publius Servilius Priscus Structus</a> as to which of them should have the honour of dedicating the temple. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Roman_Senate" title="Roman Senate">Roman Senate</a> referred the decision to the popular assembly, and also decreed that whichever was chosen should also exercise additional duties, including presiding over the markets, establish a merchants' guild, and exercising the functions of the <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la"><a href="/wiki/Pontifex_maximus" title="Pontifex maximus">pontifex maximus</a></i></span>. The people, because of the ongoing public discord, and in order to spite the senate and the <a href="/wiki/Roman_consul" title="Roman consul">consuls</a>, instead awarded the honour of dedicating the temple to Marcus Laetorius, the <a href="/wiki/Primus_pilus" title="Primus pilus">senior military officer</a> of one of the legions. The senate and the consuls, in particular the conservative Appius, were outraged at this decision, and it inflamed the ongoing situation.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The dedication occurred on 15 May, 495 BC.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The temple was regarded as a fitting place to worship a swift god of trade and travel, since it was a major center of commerce as well as a racetrack. Since it stood between the plebeian stronghold on the Aventine and the <a href="/wiki/Patrician_(ancient_Rome)" title="Patrician (ancient Rome)">patrician</a> center on the Palatine, it also emphasized the role of Mercury as a <a href="/wiki/Mediation" title="Mediation">mediator</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Worship">Worship</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mercury_(mythology)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Worship"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Because Mercury was not one of the early deities surviving from the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Kingdom" title="Roman Kingdom">Roman Kingdom</a>, he was not assigned a <i><span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la"><a href="/wiki/Flamen" title="Flamen">flamen</a></i></span></i> (priest), but he did have his own major festival, on 15 May, the <a href="/wiki/Mercuralia" title="Mercuralia">Mercuralia</a>. During the Mercuralia, merchants sprinkled water from his sacred well near the <a href="/wiki/Porta_Capena" title="Porta Capena">Porta Capena</a> on their heads <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mercury_(mythology)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Planets_in_astrology#Mercury" title="Planets in astrology">Planets in astrology § Mercury</a></div> <p>Mercury features in the first published comic book story of <a href="/wiki/Jack_Kirby" title="Jack Kirby">Jack Kirby</a>, <i>Mercury in the 20th Century</i>, published in <i><a href="/wiki/Red_Raven_Comics" title="Red Raven Comics">Red Raven Comics</a></i> 1, 1940.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The United States' so-called <a href="/wiki/Mercury_dime" title="Mercury dime">Mercury dime</a>, issued from 1916 to 1945, actually features a Winged <a href="/wiki/Liberty_(goddess)" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberty (goddess)">Liberty</a> and not the god Mercury, but despite wearing a <a href="/wiki/Phrygian_cap" title="Phrygian cap">Phrygian cap</a> instead of a winged helm, the coin bears his name due to resemblance.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The United States E-6B aircraft flown by the United States Navy is a communications platform named after the god. </p><p>Mercury is one of the playable gods in the <a href="/wiki/Third-person_(video_games)" title="Third-person (video games)">third-person</a> <a href="/wiki/Multiplayer_online_battle_arena" title="Multiplayer online battle arena">multiplayer online battle arena</a> game <i><a href="/wiki/Smite_(video_game)" title="Smite (video game)">Smite</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mercury_(mythology)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mercury_Semuncia_200BC.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mercury portrait on a bronze semuncia (215–211 BC)"><img alt="Mercury portrait on a bronze semuncia (215–211 BC)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Mercury_Semuncia_200BC.jpg/120px-Mercury_Semuncia_200BC.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="64" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Mercury_Semuncia_200BC.jpg/180px-Mercury_Semuncia_200BC.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Mercury_Semuncia_200BC.jpg/240px-Mercury_Semuncia_200BC.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="532" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Mercury portrait on a bronze <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la"><a href="/wiki/Semuncia" title="Semuncia">semuncia</a></i></span> (215–211 BC)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Casa_dei_vettii,_vestibolo,_oechus_affrescato_sul_peristilio,_issione_legato_alla_ruota_da_vulcano_alla_presenza_di_giunone_02.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mercury-Hermes, antique fresco from Pompeii"><img alt="Mercury-Hermes, antique fresco from Pompeii" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Casa_dei_vettii%2C_vestibolo%2C_oechus_affrescato_sul_peristilio%2C_issione_legato_alla_ruota_da_vulcano_alla_presenza_di_giunone_02.jpg/80px-Casa_dei_vettii%2C_vestibolo%2C_oechus_affrescato_sul_peristilio%2C_issione_legato_alla_ruota_da_vulcano_alla_presenza_di_giunone_02.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Casa_dei_vettii%2C_vestibolo%2C_oechus_affrescato_sul_peristilio%2C_issione_legato_alla_ruota_da_vulcano_alla_presenza_di_giunone_02.jpg/120px-Casa_dei_vettii%2C_vestibolo%2C_oechus_affrescato_sul_peristilio%2C_issione_legato_alla_ruota_da_vulcano_alla_presenza_di_giunone_02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Casa_dei_vettii%2C_vestibolo%2C_oechus_affrescato_sul_peristilio%2C_issione_legato_alla_ruota_da_vulcano_alla_presenza_di_giunone_02.jpg/160px-Casa_dei_vettii%2C_vestibolo%2C_oechus_affrescato_sul_peristilio%2C_issione_legato_alla_ruota_da_vulcano_alla_presenza_di_giunone_02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="5472" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Mercury-Hermes, antique fresco from <a href="/wiki/Pompeii" title="Pompeii">Pompeii</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Figurine_van_Mercurius_met_drie_falli_in_brons,_100_tot_250_NC,_vindplaats-_Tongeren,_zuidwestgrafveld,_Paspoel,_1880-1882,_Romeinse_Kassei-Linderstraat-Koninksemsteenweg,_collectie_Gallo-Romeins_Museum_Tongeren,_GRM_2545.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Bronze figurine of Mercury with three phalluses, with rooster in the left hand and money bag in the right hand, 100 to 250 A.D., found in Tongeren, ca 8.8 cm Gallo-Roman Museum (Tongeren)"><img alt="Bronze figurine of Mercury with three phalluses, with rooster in the left hand and money bag in the right hand, 100 to 250 A.D., found in Tongeren, ca 8.8 cm Gallo-Roman Museum (Tongeren)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Figurine_van_Mercurius_met_drie_falli_in_brons%2C_100_tot_250_NC%2C_vindplaats-_Tongeren%2C_zuidwestgrafveld%2C_Paspoel%2C_1880-1882%2C_Romeinse_Kassei-Linderstraat-Koninksemsteenweg%2C_collectie_Gallo-Romeins_Museum_Tongeren%2C_GRM_2545.jpg/80px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Figurine_van_Mercurius_met_drie_falli_in_brons%2C_100_tot_250_NC%2C_vindplaats-_Tongeren%2C_zuidwestgrafveld%2C_Paspoel%2C_1880-1882%2C_Romeinse_Kassei-Linderstraat-Koninksemsteenweg%2C_collectie_Gallo-Romeins_Museum_Tongeren%2C_GRM_2545.jpg/120px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Figurine_van_Mercurius_met_drie_falli_in_brons%2C_100_tot_250_NC%2C_vindplaats-_Tongeren%2C_zuidwestgrafveld%2C_Paspoel%2C_1880-1882%2C_Romeinse_Kassei-Linderstraat-Koninksemsteenweg%2C_collectie_Gallo-Romeins_Museum_Tongeren%2C_GRM_2545.jpg/160px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4830" data-file-height="7245" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Bronze figurine of Mercury with three phalluses, with rooster in the left hand and money bag in the right hand, 100 to 250 A.D., found in <a href="/wiki/Tongeren" title="Tongeren">Tongeren</a>, ca 8.8 cm <a href="/wiki/Gallo-Roman_Museum,_Tongeren" title="Gallo-Roman Museum, Tongeren">Gallo-Roman Museum (Tongeren)</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiki.Vojvodina_III_Ulica_Gr%C4%8Dko%C5%A1kolska_090.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Đorđe Jovanović: A statue of Mercury on top of the Central credits bureau building in Novi Sad, Serbia, 1896"><img alt="Đorđe Jovanović: A statue of Mercury on top of the Central credits bureau building in Novi Sad, Serbia, 1896" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Wiki.Vojvodina_III_Ulica_Gr%C4%8Dko%C5%A1kolska_090.jpg/80px-Wiki.Vojvodina_III_Ulica_Gr%C4%8Dko%C5%A1kolska_090.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Wiki.Vojvodina_III_Ulica_Gr%C4%8Dko%C5%A1kolska_090.jpg/120px-Wiki.Vojvodina_III_Ulica_Gr%C4%8Dko%C5%A1kolska_090.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Wiki.Vojvodina_III_Ulica_Gr%C4%8Dko%C5%A1kolska_090.jpg/160px-Wiki.Vojvodina_III_Ulica_Gr%C4%8Dko%C5%A1kolska_090.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2848" data-file-height="4272" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/%C4%90or%C4%91e_Jovanovi%C4%87_(sculptor)" title="Đorđe Jovanović (sculptor)">Đorđe Jovanović</a>: A statue of Mercury on top of the Central credits bureau building in <a href="/wiki/Novi_Sad" title="Novi Sad">Novi Sad</a>, <a href="/wiki/Serbia" title="Serbia">Serbia</a>, 1896</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mercury_by_Hendrick_Goltzius.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Hendrik Goltzius: Mercury, with his symbols"><img alt="Hendrik Goltzius: Mercury, with his symbols" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Mercury_by_Hendrick_Goltzius.jpg/66px-Mercury_by_Hendrick_Goltzius.jpg" decoding="async" width="66" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Mercury_by_Hendrick_Goltzius.jpg/99px-Mercury_by_Hendrick_Goltzius.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Mercury_by_Hendrick_Goltzius.jpg/132px-Mercury_by_Hendrick_Goltzius.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1131" data-file-height="2060" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Hendrik_Goltzius" class="mw-redirect" title="Hendrik Goltzius">Hendrik Goltzius</a>: <i>Mercury</i>, with his symbols</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jupiter_geeft_Mercurius_opdracht_Argus_te_doden_Centraal_Museum_2559.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Jan Gerritsz van Bronckhorst: Jupiter Gives Orders to Mercury to Kill Argus"><img alt="Jan Gerritsz van Bronckhorst: Jupiter Gives Orders to Mercury to Kill Argus" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Jupiter_geeft_Mercurius_opdracht_Argus_te_doden_Centraal_Museum_2559.jpg/78px-Jupiter_geeft_Mercurius_opdracht_Argus_te_doden_Centraal_Museum_2559.jpg" decoding="async" width="78" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Jupiter_geeft_Mercurius_opdracht_Argus_te_doden_Centraal_Museum_2559.jpg/116px-Jupiter_geeft_Mercurius_opdracht_Argus_te_doden_Centraal_Museum_2559.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Jupiter_geeft_Mercurius_opdracht_Argus_te_doden_Centraal_Museum_2559.jpg/155px-Jupiter_geeft_Mercurius_opdracht_Argus_te_doden_Centraal_Museum_2559.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2495" data-file-height="3851" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Jan_Gerritsz_van_Bronckhorst" title="Jan Gerritsz van Bronckhorst">Jan Gerritsz van Bronckhorst</a>: <i>Jupiter Gives Orders to Mercury to Kill Argus</i></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hermes-Mercury.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A statue of the Greek god Hermes at Hart House, Toronto"><img alt="A statue of the Greek god Hermes at Hart House, Toronto" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Hermes-Mercury.jpg/120px-Hermes-Mercury.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Hermes-Mercury.jpg/180px-Hermes-Mercury.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Hermes-Mercury.jpg/240px-Hermes-Mercury.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A statue of the Greek god Hermes at <a href="/wiki/Hart_House_(University_of_Toronto)" title="Hart House (University of Toronto)">Hart House</a>, Toronto</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mercury_on_island_of_K%C3%A4llsk%C3%A4r,_view_from_side.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="A statue of Mercury on the island of Källskär in Kökar, Åland"><img alt="A statue of Mercury on the island of Källskär in Kökar, Åland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Mercury_on_island_of_K%C3%A4llsk%C3%A4r%2C_view_from_side.JPG/120px-Mercury_on_island_of_K%C3%A4llsk%C3%A4r%2C_view_from_side.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Mercury_on_island_of_K%C3%A4llsk%C3%A4r%2C_view_from_side.JPG/180px-Mercury_on_island_of_K%C3%A4llsk%C3%A4r%2C_view_from_side.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Mercury_on_island_of_K%C3%A4llsk%C3%A4r%2C_view_from_side.JPG/240px-Mercury_on_island_of_K%C3%A4llsk%C3%A4r%2C_view_from_side.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1632" data-file-height="1224" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A statue of Mercury on the island of Källskär in <a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6kar" title="Kökar">Kökar</a>, <a href="/wiki/%C3%85land" title="Åland">Åland</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:St._Lucia_1949_Mi_136_stamp_(75th_anniversary_of_the_UPU._Hermes_over_globe).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mercury as the winged messenger on a 1949 Saint Lucia stamp issued in connection with the Universal Postal Union"><img alt="Mercury as the winged messenger on a 1949 Saint Lucia stamp issued in connection with the Universal Postal Union" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/St._Lucia_1949_Mi_136_stamp_%2875th_anniversary_of_the_UPU._Hermes_over_globe%29.jpg/120px-St._Lucia_1949_Mi_136_stamp_%2875th_anniversary_of_the_UPU._Hermes_over_globe%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/St._Lucia_1949_Mi_136_stamp_%2875th_anniversary_of_the_UPU._Hermes_over_globe%29.jpg/180px-St._Lucia_1949_Mi_136_stamp_%2875th_anniversary_of_the_UPU._Hermes_over_globe%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/St._Lucia_1949_Mi_136_stamp_%2875th_anniversary_of_the_UPU._Hermes_over_globe%29.jpg/240px-St._Lucia_1949_Mi_136_stamp_%2875th_anniversary_of_the_UPU._Hermes_over_globe%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1320" data-file-height="1037" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Mercury as the winged messenger on a 1949 <a href="/wiki/St._Lucia" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Lucia">Saint Lucia</a> stamp issued in connection with the <a href="/wiki/Universal_Postal_Union" title="Universal Postal Union">Universal Postal Union</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; 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Paris and Brussels.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Livy" title="Livy">Livy</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Ab_urbe_condita_libri_(Livy)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ab urbe condita libri (Livy)">Ab urbe condita</a></i>, <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/From_the_Founding_of_the_City/Book_2#21" class="extiw" title="s:From the Founding of the City/Book 2">2:21</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLivy" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Livy" title="Livy">Livy</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Ab_Urbe_Condita_Libri" class="mw-redirect" title="Ab Urbe Condita Libri">Ab urbe condita</a></i>. <span class="cs1-ws-icon" title="s:From the Founding of the City/Book 2#27"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/From_the_Founding_of_the_City/Book_2#27">2.27 </a></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Ab+urbe+condita&rft.pages=2.27&rft.au=Livy&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMercury+%28mythology%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLivy" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Livy" title="Livy">Livy</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Ab_Urbe_Condita_Libri" class="mw-redirect" title="Ab Urbe Condita Libri">Ab urbe condita</a></i>. <span class="cs1-ws-icon" title="s:From the Founding of the City/Book 2#21"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/From_the_Founding_of_the_City/Book_2#21">2.21 </a></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Ab+urbe+condita&rft.pages=2.21&rft.au=Livy&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMercury+%28mythology%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Marvel Visionaries, Jack Kirby, Marvel Comics, 2004</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.coinflation.com/coins/1916-1945-Silver-Mercury-Dime-Value.html">"1916-1945 Mercury silver dime value"</a>. <i>Coinflation</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Coinflation&rft.atitle=1916-1945+Mercury+silver+dime+value&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.coinflation.com%2Fcoins%2F1916-1945-Silver-Mercury-Dime-Value.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMercury+%28mythology%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.smitegame.com/gods/">"Gods"</a>. <i>smitegame.com</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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href="/wiki/Luna_(goddess)" title="Luna (goddess)">Luna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mars_(mythology)" title="Mars (mythology)">Mars</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Mercury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minerva" title="Minerva">Minerva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neptune_(mythology)" title="Neptune (mythology)">Neptune</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nox_(goddess)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nox (goddess)">Nox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ops" title="Ops">Ops</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orcus" title="Orcus">Orcus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Di_Penates" title="Di Penates">Penates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pluto_(mythology)" title="Pluto (mythology)">Pluto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pomona_(mythology)" title="Pomona (mythology)">Pomona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Priapus" title="Priapus">Priapus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Proserpina" title="Proserpina">Proserpina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quirinus" title="Quirinus">Quirinus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salacia" title="Salacia">Salacia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saturn_(mythology)" title="Saturn (mythology)">Saturn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silvanus_(mythology)" title="Silvanus (mythology)">Silvanus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sol_(Roman_mythology)" title="Sol (Roman mythology)">Sol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Summanus" title="Summanus">Summanus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venus_(mythology)" title="Venus (mythology)">Venus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Veritas" title="Veritas">Veritas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vesta_(mythology)" title="Vesta (mythology)">Vesta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vertumnus" title="Vertumnus">Vertumnus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vulcan_(mythology)" title="Vulcan (mythology)">Vulcan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background: #F0ACAC;">Abstract deities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abundantia" title="Abundantia">Abundantia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aequitas" title="Aequitas">Aequitas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aeternitas" title="Aeternitas">Aeternitas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Africa_(goddess)" title="Africa (goddess)">Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annona_(mythology)" title="Annona (mythology)">Annona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Averruncus" title="Averruncus">Averruncus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caelus" title="Caelus">Caelus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Concordia_(mythology)" title="Concordia (mythology)">Concordia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feronia_(mythology)" title="Feronia (mythology)">Feronia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fides_(deity)" title="Fides (deity)">Fides</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fortuna" title="Fortuna">Fortuna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fontus" title="Fontus">Fontus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laverna" title="Laverna">Laverna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pax_(goddess)" title="Pax (goddess)">Pax</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pietas" 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