Who was Mercury in Roman Mythology and who was his equivalent in Greek Mythology?

The words commerce, merchandise, and merchant are related to his name. The Romans considered Mercury crafty and deceptive. They saw him as a trickster or thief.

Crimmals regarded him as their protector. Because Mercury resembled the messenger god Hermes in Greek mythology, he took on many of Hermes' myths. Mercury delivered his messages with miraculous speed because he wore winged sandals called talaria.

He also wore a broad-brimmed winged hat called a petasus and carried a winged staff. The Greeks called the staff a kerykeion, from the Greek word for messenger. In Latin, the language of the Romans, the word changed to caduceus.

Mercury's caduceus had two snakes curled around it. In ancient times, most messengers and travelers wore a hat similar to Mercurys' petasus to protect them from the sun. Mercury was honored at the Mercuralia, a festival held in May and attended primarily by traders and merchants.

Mercury was known by many names in different cultures. The Greek Hermes, the ... more.

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