Mercury was the real name of the god Mercury and it was never changed. He was a Roman god. At one point of their history the Romans associated their gods to the Greek gods. The Greek equivalent of Mercury was Hermes.
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∙ 11y agoIt was named after the son of Jupiter, king of the gods and goddesses
No, Earth is the only planet not named after a Roman or Greek god or goddess; it is, instead, named after the the stuff we stand on: earth.
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The ancient Greek god named Hermes, was duplicated by ancient Rome as the god Mercury. As an aside, the closest planet to the Sun bears the same name, namely Mercury.
Juno - Queen of the Gods Neptune - God of the Sea Pluto - God of Death Apollo - God of the Sun Diana - Goddess of the Moon Mars - God of War Venus - Goddess of Love Cupid - God of Love Mercury - Messenger of the Gods Minerva - Goddess of Wisdom Ceres - The Earth Goddess Proserpine - Goddess of the Underworld Vulcan - The Smith God Bacchus - God of Wine Saturn - God of Time Vesta - Goddess of the Home Janus - God of Doors Uranus and Gaia - Parents of Saturn Maia - Goddess of Growth Flora - Goddess of Flowers Plutus - God of Wealth
Mercury is actually a god, the Roman equivalent of Hermes. He is the Messenger God as well as the God of tricksters and thieves.
The god of love is Eros. The goddess of love is Venus.
The only planet not named after a Roman god is earth. Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune were named after Roman gods. Venus was named after a Roman goddess. Pluto, which has had it's status as a planet removed was also named after a Roman god.
Mercury was named after Hermes, the Roman god of travel.
The Roman god Mercury.
It was named after the Roman god Mercury.
No. But there is a Roman god named Mercury.
the planet mercury was named after the roman god mercury because it's the planet that rotates the sun the fastest than any other planet. they named it mercury because the roman god mercury was really fast because he sent messages for other gods.
Mercury is the Roman counterpart of the Greek god Hermes.
Mercury is named after the ROMAN god Mercurius (Mercury).
Yes, the planet Mercury was named after the god Mercury. Mercury's other names are Thoth and Hermes (pronounced Her-meez).it wasn't named after a god it was named after a messenger when he found the planet in the sky so he named it mercury.
Mercury was a Roman god.