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==Names and epithets==
Mercury is known to the Romans as {{Lang|la|Mercurius}} and occasionally in earlier writings as {{Lang|la|Merqurius, Mirqurios}} or ''{{Lang|la|Mircurios}}'', had a number of [[epithets]] representing different aspects or roles, or representing syncretisms with non-Roman deities. The most common and significant of these epithets included the following:

*''Mercurius Artaios'', a syncretism of Mercury with the Celtic god [[Artaios]], a deity of bears and hunting who was worshipped at [[Beaucroissant|Beaucroissant, France]].<ref name="Green">Green, Miranda J. (1992). ''Dictionary of Celtic Myth and Legend'' (pp. 148–149). London: [[Thames and Hudson]]. {{ISBN|0-500-01516-3}}.</ref>
*''Mercurius Arvernus'', a syncretism of the Celtic [[Arvernus]] with Mercury. Arvernus was worshipped in the [[Rhineland]], possibly as a particular deity of the [[Arverni|Arverni tribe]], though no dedications to Mercurius Arvernus occur in their territory in the [[Auvergne (province)|Auvergne region]] of central France.<ref name="Green"/>
*''[[Mercurius Cimbrianus]]'', a syncretism of Mercury with a god of the [[Cimbri]] sometimes thought to represent Odin.
*''Mercurius Cissonius'', a combination of Mercury with the Celtic god [[Cissonius]], who is written of in the area spanning from [[Cologne|Cologne, Germany]] to [[Saintes, Charente-Maritime|Saintes, France]].<ref name="Green"/>
*''Mercurius Esibraeus'', a syncretism of the [[Iberians|Iberian]] deity [[Esibraeus]] with the Roman deity Mercury. Esibraeus is mentioned only in an inscription found at [[Medelim]], Portugal, and is possibly the same deity as Banda Isibraiegus, who is invoked in an inscription from the nearby village of [[Bemposta (Abrantes)|Bemposta]].<ref>Alarcão, Jorge de (1988). ''Roman Portugal''. Volume I: Introduction (p. 93). Warminster: Aris and Phillips.</ref>
*''Mercurius Gebrinius'', a syncretism of Mercury with the Celtic or Germanic [[Gebrinius]], known from an inscription on an altar in [[Bonn|Bonn, Germany]].<ref name="Green"/>
*''Mercurius Moccus'', from a Celtic god, [[Moccus]], who was equated with Mercury, known from evidence at [[Langres|Langres, France]]. The name Moccus ("pig") implies that this deity was connected to boar-hunting.<ref name="Green"/>
*''Mercurius Sobrius'' ("Mercury the Teetotaler"), a syncretism of Mercury with a [[Carthaginian (people)|Carthaginian]] god of commerce.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Potter |first1=David |title=Review of "Rome and Carthage at Peace" by R.E.A.Palmer |url=http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/1998/1998-08-02.html |journal=Bryn Mawr Classical Review |access-date=Feb 9, 2019}}</ref>
*''Mercurius Visucius'', a syncretism of the Celtic god [[Visucius]] with the Roman god Mercury, attested in an inscription from [[Stuttgart|Stuttgart, Germany]]. Visucius was worshipped primarily in the frontier area of the empire in Gaul and Germany. Although he was primarily associated with Mercury, Visucius was also sometimes linked to the Roman god [[Mars (mythology)|Mars]], as a dedicatory inscription to "Mars Visucius" and Visucia, Visicius' female counterpart, was found in Gaul.<ref name="Green"/><ref>Espérandieu, E. (1931). ''Recueil Général des Bas-relief, Statues et Bustes de la Germanie Romaine''. Paris and Brussels.</ref>