Talk:Mercury (mythology)

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Contents 1 Cross-cultural references missing 2 The term mercurius 3 Messenger 4 'Mercury and modern occultism' Section

[edit] Cross-cultural references missing

The other uses of Mercurius, for Woden and Thoth, for example, should also be included here. Septentrionalis 19:16, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] The term mercurius

Also Mercurius is used in homeopathic remedies such as Mercurius iodatus and Mercurius sulphuratus ruber. These are chemicals and certainly not constrained to mythology. Davidl9999 05:05, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Messenger

Hello, I added a citation missing (fact) tag with this month as the date, because the first sentence gives the impression that this god is a god of "trade". I can look this up if I can find a book, but I believe that at least once upon a time, Mercury was more "majorly" to use the article's adjective, a "messenger". My apologies if I made a memory error. Hope this helps. -Susanlesch 15:20, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 'Mercury and modern occultism' Section

I've added a references tag to this section, since although the origin for 'Wednesday' is correct, and it is indeed the equivalent of dies Mercurii, there are no sources cited for any of this information.

Additionally, I'm doubtful about the use of the spelling 'Odhinn' rather than the more commonly used and widely known 'Odin'. This seems overly fussy, since any rendering of Odin's name in the Roman alphabet, rather than the old Norse, is inevitably going to be an approximation anyway, and one approximation is really no better than another. In this case, I suggest it's better to stick with the form most people recognise, but I've left this alone for the moment.

I've also removed the final remark in the section: "Mercury's quickness may be likened to the sparrow". Unless someone can expand on a link between occultism and the sparrow, the statement looked a little lost and confused - it didn't seem to relate to the point of the section. - Scelestus (talk) 08:58, 19 May 2008 (UTC)