THOTH

MERCURIUS
Also known as
Djhuty, Djehuty, Tehuty

HERMES

Mercury, l. Cyllenius,

Appearance
Ibis and baboon (Aan)

God of
Language,
Alchemists and
Symbols, Numbers,
Smith
Magic

Mercury

Various, shape-shifts
Winged
helmet
Shepherd, puff of
and feet bearing
Smoke
the caduceus
Commerce, speed,
travel, thieves,

the

healing (caduceus)

Powers
Invented hieroglyphs,
Records Judgment of the
Dead in the Duat,
Mediator of the gods,
Created science, religion,
Philosophy; Self-Created

Jung (Mysterium conuncitionus):

Inventor (lyre), musician, a. consists of all conceivable
Shapeshifter, Eloquence,
opposites
Ruler of wealth, good
b. is the process by which the
fortune, and fertility,
lower and material is
schemer, charmer
transformed into the
higher and spiritual
c. is the devil, a redeeming
psychopomp, an evasive
trickster, and Gods reflection in
physical matter
d. is also the reflection of the
artiflex that coincides with
the alchemical opus

e. represents on the one hand the

Self and on the other the
individuation process and
because of the limitless
number of his names, also the
collective unconscious
Records Judgment of the

Honored as god of sleep

God of athletics and thieves

Dead in the Duat,

Mediator of the gods

Epithets
Lord of Maat

Lord of the Crossroads, Patron of

Alchemy
Three times Great
Lord of Boundaries
Lord of Divine Words
Lord of the Marketplace
Worshiped at
Khmunu (Hermopolis),
Upper Egypt

Olympus

In every alchemical
laboratory

Noted for
Inventing the hieroglyphs
Helped revive Osiris,
Weighting the Dead
Scribe of the gods
Civilized humans
Affinity with Maat, the moon
Goddess and Rule of Order

Psychopomp*
Friend to all metals
Messenger of the gods
Androgynous nature
Saves Odysseus from being Rebis form
turned into a pig (with the herb
moley)
Herdsman of the dead
*Guide of souls into the
Underworld of dead preserved
By Pluto

Commonalities among the three gods:

Healing Thoth assisting Isis in reassembly the dead corpse of Osirius, overcoming Ras
curse by trickery and allowing Nut to bear five children; cured Horus of Sets
poison;

Hermes given the caduceus, magic wand, that can settle conflict (resolve
opposites)
Minister to the Dead: Thoth, the scribe at the Weighing of the Soul
Hermes, guide of souls into the Underworld
Inventing/civilizing: Thoth symbols (hieroglyphs), philosophy, science and religion
Hermes sound (lyre from a turtle shell)
Mercurius dissolves salted substances
Assistance Thoth as scribe, Hermes as messenger
Power able to cross dimensions without being contaminated or destroyed by them
Mediate levels of Consciousness:
Thoth above, inventor of language, Below, records the Great Judgment of the Dead;
Hermes above, rules over commerce, Below, guide of souls, Hermstones erected at
crossroads to honor him and insure safe passage
Mercurius presided over the alchemical work, merged with metals, held to his original
nature
Other:
Hermes Trismegitus is a syncretism of Thoth and Hermes, combining the qualities
and attributes of both; author of the Hermetica.
Hermes caduceus was given to him by Zeus for returning Apollo stolen cattle. It
represents two warring snake who come together in peace and thus signifies healing. It is
sometime shown with wings to depict Hermes spiritual connection. Note the difference
between Hermes magic wand and that of Askeplius which has only one snake.