Mercury – Mythopedia The name “Mercury” (or Mercurius) probably emerged from the Latin merx, a noun meaning “merchandise ” In its verb form, the word mercari meant “to trade ” A deeper root in the Proto Indo-European language may have been merk- or merg-, meaning “boundary” or “border,” respectively Mercury, then, was “the merchant” or
Neptune – Mythopedia Neptune was the Roman god of all waters, bringer of winds and commander of storms As capricious as the seas he commanded, Neptune guided the Roman people’s ancestor Aeneas to freedom, but demanded a human sacrifice for his assistance