--- In cybalist@..., "João S. Lopes Filho" <jodan99@...> wrote:
> I think Mercurius identity was based on the role of Odin (Wo:thnaz)
as a
> psychopomp, a guide of dead.
> >
Odin + caduceus, see:
http://groups.google.com/groups?
q=g:thl69864863d&hl=en&selm=ADFC3B2A9668D381D%40mcclure.demon.co.uk
I also just read (but not I forgot where) in a classical author that
the Caduceus was the sign of an ambassador.
Torsten