Mercury's staff of entwined serpents is called the Caduceus. It originally belonged to Iris.
The caduceus should not be confused with the Rod of Aesculapius - though it regularly is.
He carried a caduceus, a winged staff entwined with two serpents.
A cadeus, a staff entwined by two serpents.
Hermes had winged sandals and and a staff entwined with serpents (a caduceus).
I believe Hermes had winged sandals and and a staff entwined with serpents (a caduceus).
You're probably thinking of caduceus, the staff with entwined serpents which was the symbol of the Greek god Hermes, the messenger, or asklepian the staff with one coiled serpent which was the symbol of the healer god Asklepius.
Ironically? Men was a deity from Roman myth who was god of knowledge.
The symbol for medicine (aka - health) is caduceus. Caduceus is the legendary wand of the Greek God, Hermes (the Roman God equivalent was Mercury) - this famous symbol is a staff entwined by twin serpents. Initially, the symbol meant harmony and balance.
The official staff or wand of Hermes or Mercury, the messenger of the gods. It was originally said to be a herald's staff of olive wood, but was afterwards fabled to have two serpents coiled about it, and two wings at the top.
The Roman god Mercury acted as the messenger of gods. He was also the god of Rhetoric and Commerce. His symbol is the caduceus, a staff with two snakes entwined around it. He was the roman equivalent of Greek god Hermes.
An Aesculapian staff is a symbol of the medical profession, consisting of a branched staff with a single snake entwined around it.
The ornamental staff that the pharaohs carried is called a SCEPTER.
He was the messenger of the gods and the god of trade and protection of travelers and medical things In Greek he is called Hermes and in both cultures you can recognise him by his distinctive staff which has 2 crossed serpents.