Mercury

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Mercury is the Roman god of commerce, communication, and travel, often depicted as a swift messenger of the gods.

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Label Occurrences
Mercury canonical 16

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman god
deity
associatedDayOfWeek Wednesday
associatedPlanet Mercury
surface form: Mercury (planet)
associatedWith crossroads
cunning
eloquence
luck
markets
profit
roads
speed
consort Aphrodite
surface form: Aphrodite (in syncretic tradition)

Larunda
culture Roman mythology
domain boundaries
commerce
communication
financial gain
merchants
messages
thieves
trade
travel
equivalentInGreekMythology Hermes
festival Mercuralia
function interpreter of divine will
protector of commerce routes
psychopomp
iconographicAttribute talaria
traveling cloak
winged petasos
youthful appearance
offspring Hermaphroditus
surface form: Hermaphroditus (in syncretic tradition)

Penates
surface form: Penates (in some traditions)
parent Jupiter
Maia
role guide of souls
messenger of the gods
patron of heralds
patron of merchants
patron of thieves
patron of travelers
sacredAnimal goat
ram
rooster
sacredNumber four
sacredPlant strawberry-tree
symbol caduceus of Hermes
surface form: caduceus

purse
ram
rooster
winged hat
winged sandals
worshipCenter Aventine Hill
surface form: Aventine Hill, Rome

Cumae

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Temple of Mercury dedicatedTo Mercury
subject surface form: Temple of Mercury (Dougga)
Dii Consentes member Mercury
Primavera by Sandro Botticelli depicts Mercury
subject surface form: Primavera
Operation Mercury namedAfter Mercury
Primavera depicts Mercury
Primavera significantFigure Mercury
Lugus equatedWith Mercury