Mercury god

Hermes/Mercury- god of trickery, messengers, thieves, trade, travelers and athletes. A herald of the gods and a guide to the Underworld. Also the inventor of the lyre and fire. Born the son of Zeus and the Pleiade Maia, he was born in a cave on Mt. Kyllini/Cyllene and showed himself to be a thief and a trickster from an early age. On the day of his birth he slipped away from his mother, came across a tortoise, killed it and with reeds turned its shell into the first lyre. Next he went to…

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The most popular of the gods, Mercury ruled over commerce and retail; medicine and science, thieves and beggars and delivered the dead. Read on… The post MERCURY: MESSENGER TO THE GODS appeared first on Electimuss London.

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Mercury was one of the twelve major deities in Ancient Rome. He was known as the God of merchants, travel, goods, trickery, and speed. Mercury is the first planet from the sun and was named after the Roman God because of how quickly it completes its orbit. Mercury is an extremely rare element found in the earth’s crust, and it’s the only element to retain its alchemic common name in modern Chemistry. #ancient #rome #chemistry #planet #symbolsage