the little staff with two snakes and wings.
2006-06-19 08:43:45 · 7 answers · asked by o 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Caduceus, it was the staff of Hermes/Mercury in mythology.
2006-06-19 09:24:59 · answer #1 · answered by aboukir200 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's called the Caduceus, from classical Greece. It may well derive from the Hebrew tale of Moses, who at God's command, created a staff with a brass serpent. If you recall, the people needed only to have the faith to look upon the staff to be healed of deadly illness. Both symbols may derive from an even older tradition, but I do not know what it would be.
2006-06-19 15:53:33 · answer #2 · answered by Dale T 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Caduceus
2006-06-19 15:45:42 · answer #3 · answered by dullguy2001 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Caduceus.
2006-06-19 15:48:08 · answer #4 · answered by Curious1usa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
But isnt the symbol also the staff of Aesculapius?
2013-10-06 12:38:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
caduceus
2006-06-19 15:45:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
caduceus.
2006-06-19 15:45:48 · answer #7 · answered by Mycroft 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋