What is Mercury (mythology)?
[[File:Mercurius.jpg|thumb|200px|A sculpture of Mercury]] '''Mercury''' ([[Latin]]: ''Mercurius'') is the god of trade, commerce, financial gain, messages/communication, travellers and boundaries, trickery, merchants and thieves in [[Ancient Roman religion]] and [[Roman mythology|myth]]. Son of [[Jupiter (mythology)|Jupiter]] and [[Maia]], Mercury was a major god in Roman state religion, being a member of the [[Dii Consentes]], the principal group of ancient Roman deities. The Roman counterpart to [[Hermes]], the god is depicted as holding a [[caduceus]] in his left hand. The planet [[Mercury (planet)|Mercury]] and the element [[:en:Mercury_(element)|Mercury]] are named after him. ==Related pages== *[[:en:Turms|Turms]] - [[Etruscan mythology]] version of Mercury. * [[Hermes]] - [[Greek mythology]] version of Mercury. {{Commonscat|Mercurius (deus)|Mercury}}{{Roman myth (major)}} {{multistub|religion|Europe}} [[Category:Roman gods and goddesses]]