Mercurius the Giant
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Mercurius the Giant (Mercurius se gygand) is referred to as an inventor of letters in the prose narrative of Solomon and Saturn. This may be a reference to Odin, who is in Norse mythology the founder of the runic alphabets. The gloss is a continuation of the practice of equating Odin with Mercury found as early as Tacitus.
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“In the prose narrative of Solomon and Saturn, "Mercurius the Giant" (Mercurius se gygand) is referred to as an inventor of letters. This may also be a reference to Odin, who is in Norse mythology the founder of the runic alphabets”
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“In the prose narrative of Solomon and Saturn, "Mercurius the Giant" (Mercurius se gygand) is referred to as an inventor of letters.”
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