Mercury

Details

Instance of

Roman deity, wealth deity

Part of

ancient Roman religion, Dii Consentes

Sex or gender

male

Father

Jupiter

Child

Evander of Pallene

Said to be the same as

Hermes, Abianus, Cimiacinus, Arcecius, Aguaecus, Dubnocaratiacus, Solitumarus, Odin, Arsu

Occupation

herald

depicted by

Mercurius by Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, Mercurius, Mercury and the Graces, Mercurius-Priapus fresco (from Pompeii), Mercury, Mercury

described by source

Otto's encyclopedia, Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus, Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Pauly–Wissowa

different from

Merkury

domain of saint or deity

theft, herald, traveler

epithet

Cimiacinus, Arcecius, Aguaecus, Dubnocaratiacus, Solitumarus

iconographic symbol

snake, caduceus, chlamys

native label

Mercurius

topic's main category

Category:Mercury (mythology)

unmarried partner

Larunda, Rosmerta

worshipped by

ancient Roman religion

Connected on Wikidata

Authority files