Deity ancient Roman religion
Mercury
Mercurius la
Roman god of trade, merchants, thieves and travel
Herald
Theft
Traveler
Domains on record
Family
The family of Mercury
Parents, consorts and children as the accounts give them. Choose a consort to see the children the stories give the two.
Accounts differ about a god’s family. Where they name different parents, the tree sets them side by side instead of choosing one.
The family as a list · 6
Kinship in an account 5
What this means
Parentage as a named source tells it. Not an independently established biological relationship, and different accounts disagree.
Does not imply an independently established biological relationship · agreement between accounts · marriage as a legal institution · exclusivity, or a single canonical pairing
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
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child of (child) Jupiter chief deity of Roman state religion -
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parent of (father) Cupid Roman deity, counterpart of Eros -
parent of (child) Evander of Pallene mythical character of Greek and Roman mythology, king of Pallantium -
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partner of Larunda naiad nymph, daughter of the river Almo in Ovid's Fasti -
partner of (spouse) Rosmerta Gallic goddess of abundance and fertility
Family 1
What this means
A documented human family relationship. Not a succession mechanism, and not religious transmission.
Does not imply a right to an office · transmission of a teaching
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Connections
How Mercury connects
Grouped by the kind of relationship, because a successor is not a son and a shared symbol is not an influence.
Affiliation 2
What this means
Association with a tradition or school. Traditions branch, overlap and re-merge; this is not a clean single-origin tree.
Does not imply a fixed roster · that every account of the tradition knows this figure
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Identification 11
What this means
One figure treated as another in some context. Not literal identity in all contexts, and usually a claim by a third party.
Does not imply literal identity in all contexts · that either tradition made the identification
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
- identified with Abianus Celtic god
- identified with Aguaecus equivalent of Mercurius
- identified with Arcecius equivalent of Mercurius
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identified with Arsu ancient deity from Syria and Arabia - identified with Cimiacinus equivalent of Mercurius
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identified with Cissonius deity - identified with Dubnocaratiacus equivalent of Mercurius (TM God 174)
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identified with Hermes Olympian god in Greek religion and mythology; the emissary and messenger of the gods; the god of trade, heraldry, merchants, commerce, roads, thieves, trickery, sports, travelers, and athletes; the son of Zeus and the Pleiad Maia -
identified with Odin widely attested deity in Norse mythology
Attribute 3
What this means
A domain, symbol or epithet as sources record it.
Does not imply an exclusive domain · the same association in every account
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Sources
Sources and evidence
Where every statement on this page comes from, and how each one stands.
19 statements on this record
- 3 Has references The statement cites something outside Wikimedia. That citation has not been checked here.
- 16 Imported Taken from Wikidata as it stands. Nobody here has read it.
Only this record’s own statements. What other records say about it is counted on theirs.
Three layers, three licences
- Text
- Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0, quoted, not merged
- Pictures
- Wikimedia Commons · each file’s own terms
Review
Not yet read by an editor here. Every relationship on this page is an import.
Disagreements are kept, not resolved, and a count of sources is not a confidence score.
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