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WHO WAS THE GOD MERCURY? 
Only the ancient Romans called him Mercury, for the Greeks the god with winged feet believed the messenger of the gods, was Hermes, son of Zeus and the nymph Maia, but for both of these two peoples, was seen as the personification of the wind. This god was therefore protector of all that was insubstantial as air. Protected the lawyers, who came to him to be inspired brilliant oratorical (insubstantial as the air) and also the merchants. 
Before the Greeks and Romans, Mercury existed for Minoan origin population that lived in Greece. What matters, however, is the acceptance of this deity by the people for millennia and millennia and that consequently, the most talented poets dedicated to him many of their works. 
Mercury is said to be also the one who wrote 42 books of knowledge, containing all human knowledge. His most famous story is the Emerald Tablet, an emerald slab engraved with a diamond, which according to legend, was found by Alexander the Great. 
Many are the pictures that immortalize this god, friends! And not for nothing, Mercury was a very important god in ancient times! 
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