Deities associated with Mercury

His epithets: The Gracious One. The Great One. Exalted Herald. Divine Messenger. The Protector. Guide of Man. Hermes of the Cloak of Night. Psychopompos (Guide of Souls). Bringer of Dreams. Bestower of Good Gifts. Help in War. Lord of the Games. Lord of Oracles. He who gives light to the mind. The Swift One. Divine Shepherd. Lord of the Radiant Staff.

His attributes: The Caduceus The Winged Sandals. Helmet of Invisibility. Petasos (the traveler's hat). The Cithara. The Hermes pillar. The Ram.

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His epithets: Divine Messenger. Guide of Heroes. Guide of Souls Keeper of the Roads The Sapient One. The Multiplier. Giver of Gifts. Giver of Signs. Guide of Dreams. The Encourager.

His character: Guardian of flocks, herds and the produce of the Earth; patron of trading and of all activities requiring calculation; patron of astronomy, medicine, music, of astrology, magick and the prophetic chant. Thus Mercurius assumes the character and attributes of Hermes. Unlike Hermes, however, who in his more ancient representations appears as a mature, bearded man, Mercurius is always the young swiftly moving and sometimes tricky divinity. He is typified by brilliance of mind and quick wit the unexpected response, the challenging enigma the paradox. An forms of divination are h his care. Traditionally, he may be invoked to judge of a projected enterprise, the questioner throwing dice and rating the outcome according to the score. He is patron of those who pursue the arts and sciences, especially in the magical or occult aspects; patron of travelers and messengers of whatever kind; patron of those in business if they are willing that their dealings should be spiced with an element of luck.

His attributes: The palm Branch. The "Herald's Staff." The Winged Cap. Cock. Goat.

Lord of Magick Guardian of measure in its magical aspects. Boundary stone and threshold are sacred to him. The Staff. Traveler's hat.

CUILANS

Guide of the Souls of the Dead. Comparable to Hermes Psychopompos.

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His epithets: Supreme Messenger Herald of the Gods. Divine Scribe. Director of the World. Wielder of the Wand of Divination. Opener of the Wells. Far Traveler.

His character: Nabu, son of Marduk and grandson of Ea, is by origin a water divinity. His power over human existence is immense. He engraves the destiny of each person as the Gods together have decided it on the tablets of the sacred record; and he himself can increase or diminish at will, the length of any person's life span. Nevertheless this divine messenger is a deity worthy of grateful devotion. He and his consort Tashmetum together invented writing ad bestowed it upon the world; also, as his titles imply he is lord of the arts of divination and particularly of the discovery of water by means of dowsing. He is patron of all learning, both overt and occult. His emblems are the stone tablet and writing chisel and the winged dragon which is initially his father's. He wears a cap adorned with curving home of power, and stands with hands clasped before him in the ancient gesture of priesthood.

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GANESHA, GONESH

His epithets: lord of Wisdom. Sixfold in Honor. He who is crowned with Wisdom. Elephant Face. The One-Tusked. Giver of Good Counsel Teacher of Prudence. Serpent-girdled lord of Discernment. Friend of Scholars. Friend of All. God of Writings. Divine Scribe. God of Riches. Bringer of Abundance. Helper of Commerce. Tamer of Demons. Inaugurator of Prayer. He who prospers new ventures He who confuses the way. He who makes clear the way. Mighty Mover of Barriers.

His attributes: The Directing Wand. The Rosary. The Bowl of Plenty. The Detached Tusk. The Tiara or rich Head trappings. The Snake (which adorns his upper body). The Rat (as his mount).

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TAHUTI (THOTH)

His epithets: The One. Maker of Himself. Twice Greatest Thrice Greatest. Divine Scribe. He who Measures. Lord of the Sacred Texts. He who numbers the Stars. He who knows the boundaries of the world. Master of Knowledge. Mighty in Magick He whose Words live. Witness of Equilibrium. Arbiter of Night and Day. Glowing Heart of Ra. Ibis of power. Divine peacemaker. The persuasive One. Leader of Souls Bestower of Eternity.

His image: The Ibis-headed One wears the kilt and headdress of the Old Kingdom the collar and the transverse sash. Characteristically, he bears the Tablet and the Stylus In other of his aspects his headdress is adorned with the Lunar Disk and Crescent.

SEFEKH (SESHAT)

Her epithets: Lady of Sevenfold power Daughter of Heaven. Consort of Tahuti. The Great Archivist. Keeper of the Book of Life. Maker of Everlasting Words. She who inscribes the term of life. She who inscribes the duration of eternity. Maker of the Celestial habitation of the Soul Establisher of the Celestial Alignment of the Houses of the Gods. Mistress of the Sacred Characters. She who studies the patterns of Time. She who remembers in Eternity.

Her image: The Goddess is robed in a panther skin. Her Old Kingdom headdress is surmounted by a brilliant Seven-rayed Star framed by an inverted Lunar Crescent. In her hands she holds the Tablet and the Stylus

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Father of all the Gods and men. Odhinn is pictured either wearing a winged helm or a floppy hat, and a blue-grey cloak. He can travel to any realm within the 9 Nordic worlds. His two ravens, Huginn and Munin (Thought and Memory fly over the world daily and return to tell him what has happened in Midgard. He is God of magick, wisdom, wit, and learning. He too is a psychopomp; a chooser of those slain in battle. In later times, he was associated with war and bloodshed from the Viking perspective, although in earlier times, no such association was present. If anything, the wars fought by Odhinn exist strictly upon the Mental plane of awareness; appropriate for that of such a mentally polarized God. He is both the shaper of Wyrd and the bender of Orlog; a task only possible through the power of Mental thought and impress. It is he who sacrifices an eye at the well of Mimir to gain inner wisdom, and later hangs himself upon the World Tree Yggdrasil to gain the knowledge and power of the Runes. All of his actions are related to knowledge, wisdom, and the dissemination of ideas and concepts to help Mankind. Because there is duality in all logic and wisdom, he is seen as being duplicitous; this is illusory and it is through his actions that the best outcomes are conceived and derived. Just as a point of curiosity: in no other pantheon is the head Deity also the God of Thought and Logic. It's interesting to note that the Norse/Teutonic peoples also set such a great importance upon brainwork and logic. The day Wednesday (Wodensdaeg) is named for him.

HOENIR

The messenger of the Aesir

God of healing.

DIANCECHT (Irish)

God of healing. He killed the giant serpent that was destroying cattle throughout the land. He also killed his own son whose skill in healing endangered his father's reputation. He is the one who fashioned a fully functional arm of silver for Nuada.

ESUS (Gaul)

God equated with either Roman deity Mars or Mercury. Human sacrifices to Esus were hanged and skewered with a sword. Esus is usually pictured as a woodcutter. His sacred animal was the bull.

NODENS (Britain)

God of healing, akin to the Irish god Nuadu.

NUADA (Irish)

"Nuada of the Silver Hand." He lost his hand in the war against the Firbolgs (for control of Ireland), and it was replaced by a hand crafted of silver, by one of the metalsmiths of the defeated Firbolgs.

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