Mercury (mythology) Mercury (mythology) Mercury (; Latin: "Mercurius" ) is a major god in Roman religion and mythology, being one of the Dii Consentes within the ancient Roman pantheon. He is the god of financial gain, commerce, eloquence, messages, communication (including divination), travelers, boundaries, luck, trickery and thieves; he also serves as the guide of souls to the underworld. He was considered the son of Maia, who was a daughter of the Titan Atlas, and Jupiter in Roman mythology. His name is possibly related to the Latin word "merx" ("merchandise"; cf. "merchant", "commerce", etc.), "mercari" ("to trade"), and "merces" ("wages"); another possible
Five Thieves to the number itself. On the contrary, the Sikh teachings forbid the belief in superstition, and advise that the one who seeks the path to God must believe only in the "naam" (that is, God). Thus, a belief that the number five is significant, according to the Sikh theology, would be to become ensnared by the five evils themselves (specifically attachment an inability to seek the truth because of one's belief in illusory constructs). The early Vedic literature bears no direct reference to the concept of 'five thieves'; the terms moha, kama, krodha and aham do occur in the Vedic