M. Oldfield Howey, The Encircled Serpent: A Study of Serpent Symbolism in All Countries And Ages, New York, 1955, pp. 77 "The name of the god Mercury cannot be disassociated from the word merx, which means merchandise.
」 M. Oldfield Howey, The Encircled Serpent: A Study of Serpent Symbolism in All Countries And Ages, New York, 1955, pp.  77 ^ 「メルクリウスという神の名が、商品を意味する merx と関係があることは否めない。