Merkur (Gott)
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https://term.museum-digital.de/md-de/persinst/7728
- Name (English)
- Merkur (Gott)
- Short name
- Mercury
- Short Description
- "He was considered the son of Maia, who was a daughter of the Titan Atlas, and Jupiter in Roman mythology.[citation needed] His name is possibly related to the Latin word merx ("merchandise"; cf. merchant, commerce, etc.), mercari (to trade), and merces (wages); another possible connection is the Proto-Indo-European root merĝ- for "boundary, border" (cf. Old English "mearc", Old Norse "mark" and Latin "margō") and Greek οὖρος (by analogy of Arctūrus/Ἀρκτοῦρος), as the "keeper of boundaries," referring to his role as bridge between the upper and lower worlds.[citation needed] In his earliest forms, he appears to have been related to the Etruscan deity Turms; both gods share characteristics with the Greek god Hermes. He is often depicted holding the caduceus in his left hand. Similar to his Greek equivalent Hermes, he was awarded the caduceus by Apollo who handed him a magic wand, which later turned into the caduceus." - (en.wikipedia.org 09.11.2019)
- Entity Encoding
- pxg
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Merkur
Unter allen Merkurstatuetten...
Object information
Image: Historisches Museum der Pfalz, Speyer - CC BY-NC-ND -
"Merkur-Büste"
Büste des Gottes Merkur mit...
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Image: Historisches Museum der Pfalz, Speyer - CC BY -
Merkurbüste mit dazugehörigem Sockel
Merkurbüste mit dazugehörigem...
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Image: Historisches Museum der Pfalz, Speyer - CC BY -
Statuette des Merkur
Die Flügel im Haar...
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Image: Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier - CC BY-NC-SA -
Merkur in der Werkstätte des Bildhauers
Das Nachlassverzeichnis Zicks...
Object information
Image: Mittelrhein-Museum Koblenz - CC BY-NC-SA
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