Rejoice! 15 May is the #Mercuralia Roman festival honoring Mercury/Hermes, oft syncretised with #Antinous. We remember that jackal-headed #Hermanubis was worshiped at Hermopolis on the Nile where #Antinoos died. Coins were minted showing Antinous as Hermes with a caduceus.

It's the #DayOfHermes aka Mercurius Day aka #Wednesday!

For #BlackHistoryMonth, I'm introducing African deities in my daily god toots. #Anubis is the god of funerary rites, protector of graves, and guide of souls in #ancientEgyptian religion. He is commonly depicted with the head of a jackal as jackals had been strongly associated with cemeteries. The Greeks associated him with #Hermes because they both guided souls to the afterlife, resulting in the syncretic god #Hermanubis.

#Hermanubis
he's been poking me for a bit and I found a lovely pocket deity so he's now part of my home altar.

Figurine from https://www.etsy.com/shop/Magickdeerystudio