Mercury

Title:	Messenger of the gods	Greek name:	Hermes
Relations:	Son of Maia	Day of the Week:	Wednesday
English words:	Mercury or Quicksilver is a liquid metal. Mercurial means light-hearted and active.	Solar system:	planet Mercury

Mercury
caduceus Mercury was the god of travellers. He had a winged hat and sandals, so he could fly. He carried a staff with two snakes winding round it.

Mercury He was also the god of thieves! When he was only a few days old, he stole the cows of Apollo. Mercury made special shoes for the cows and made them walk backwards, so no-one could follow their tracks. Eventually Apollo noticed that Mercury was playing a new musical instrument called a lyre, strung with cow-gut! Apollo was furious with Mercury, but thought the lyre was wonderful. So they agreed that Mercury could keep the cows and Apollo would get the lyre.

Mercury was also the god of science and business. I think that he's the god of the Internet as well!

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