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Mercury is Hermes.
The god of travelers, doctors, merchants, and anyone who uses the road.
He is also the god of theives.... (Watch out!!!!)
Mercury gives us the name for the liquid metal used in thermometers, and can be a synonymn for heat ("the mercury is rising" = it's getting hotter) and also the adjective mercurial. Hermes gives us the adjective "hermetic" (cf. 'hermetically sealed').
PS -- The Romans "Romanized" the Greek religion by associating one of their gods with each god of Greek culture. Eventually, the traditional Roman god lost his identity, and the two names became completely synonymous: Mercury = Hermes; Mars = Ares; Jupiter = Zeus; Bacchus = Dionysis. (Theoretically, this can also happen with mortal figures, but the only example I can think of is the Homeric figure Ulysses = Odysseus.)
In our own, monotheistic civilization, we do not have names for god, but the word God itself takes different forms in different languages, for example Dieu for French speakers, Gott for German speakers, Bog for Russian speakers, Allah for Arabic speakers (whether Moslem or Christian or Jewish). But these all are just literal translations of the word God. "There is no God but Allah" is thus a mistranslation. The sentence really says "There is no God but God" and is an affirmation of a belief in a single God. It is the equivalent of the Hebrew "Shma": "the Lord our God the Lord is one" and the First of the Ten Commandments: "I am the Lord thy God... Thou shalt have no other God before me."
We often refer to God not directly but with descriptive names such as "The Lord" or "The Creator"; the ancients also had multiple epithets for each of their gods.
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The Roman god Mercury was which god in Greek mythology?
Mercury was Hermes in Greek mythology. Hermes/Mercury was the messenger god.
What was Mercury's name in Roman mythology?
Mercury's Roman name is Mercury. And his Greek name is Hermes.
What connections is mercury to mythology?
Mercury is the roman form of the greek god Hermes
In Roman Mythology what did the god Mercury serve as?
In Roman mythology, the god "Mercury" is equivalent to Hermes in Greek mythology. He is the god of messengers and travelers. So he is the messenger of the gods.
Is Hermes from the Greek or Roman mythologies?
Hermes is from Greek Mythology and is the god of thieves and travelers. His Roman name is Mercury.
In Roman mythology Mercury was the messenger of the Gods Who was his Greek counterpart?
Hermes
Which planet is the winged messenger in roman mythology?
Mercury, Hermes in Greek.
What is the Greek's Roman mythology for Mercury?
Mercury/Hermes was the messenger of gods and was also the god of roads.
Is Mercury named after Apollo?
Mercury is not named after Apollo; it is actually named after the Roman god of mythology Mercury, who was the messenger of the gods. In Greek mythology, Mercury was known as Hermes.
Who is Mercury's mother?
Ops, a Titaness, also known as Maia in Greek Mythology. Ops may also be Rhea; Roman and Greek mythology differ slightly but then Jupiter would have bred with his mother! I'm using Wikipedia.org as a reference.
Does god Hermes have any other names?
In Roman mythology, Hermes is named Mercury. In Greek mythology, he is called Hermes but also Argeiphontes.
In roman mythology who was the messenger of the gods?
Commonly, Jove or Jupiter's son Mercury (aka Hermes in Greek myth) was known to be a messenger for the gods. He was also the god of thievery and a variety of other things, including travel.
