What deity did Julius Caesar identify with the Roman God Mercury?
My answer: I believe Julius Caesar identified the dual-faced and androgyne creator-deity Tuisco with the Roman God Mercury. In ancient Greece, before his role as protector of merchants and travelers, Hermes/Mercury was a phallic god, associated with fertility, luck, roads and borders. His name comes from the word herma (plural hermai) referring to a square or rectangular pillar of stone, terracotta, or bronze; a bust of Hermes’ head, usually with a beard, sat on the top of the pillar, and male genitals adorned the base. The hermai were used as boundary markers on roads and borders. (Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herma) A number of bi-faced hermes exist and we must admit the examples given look like a sculpture found at Roquepertuse near Marseille. However the sculpture found at Roquepertuse is asymmetrical in size and indicates an androgyne symbol. The sculpture is named Hermes of Roqueperuse. (Documentation see: http://velinet.free.fr/cult/roquepertuse.htm) Archeologists named
