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Hermes Caduceus is a short wand that resembles two connected snakes coiling around the top part of it. This staff is almost always with Hermes as he is seen carrying it often. Many myths are made about how the god got his staff, but all of them use the Caduceus as a symbol of peace and wealth.
In Assassins Creed Odyssey, the Caduceus is only somewhat accurate to the traditional one. The Caduceus in Odyssey is depicted as a spear with a pyramid below the spear blade with wings sprouting from the pyramid. The Assassins creed Caduceus is not listed as so, in the game, it is listed as the staff of Hermes Trisemegistus. This version of Hermes is a Egyptian derivative from Hermes usually synonymous to the Egyptian Deity Thoth. Both variants of Hermes are still noted for peace and wealth, and relatively have the same myths. The game also has a sword named the Caduceus witch apparently comes from Hermes Caduceus, but it is a sword and does not even resemble the wand of Hermes, so wont be using it in this blog.
I think that Ubisoft mixed these two slightly different deities staffs together because they wanted to incorporate Hermes "healing" factor, but also needed it to be a weapon that could be used in the game, witch is why I think they chose to change the Caduceus to Trismegistuse's staff. This also does not make much sense because Trismegistus is not even known to have any kind of staff, and the one in the game seems to be completely made up. The staff also has healing powers that can heal the player and prevent age. This does not relate to either god because Hermes is not represented as a god of health, but is actually a god of peace, fortune, and wealth. While Trismagistus can be related to Thoth as the minor god of medicine(major god of knowledge), no mystical powers such as that used to depict the staff in Odyssey come even close to representing either of the gods capabilities. This confusion with Hermes Caduceus and health is not uncommon however, since the real symbol of health for ancient Greeks, the rod of Asclepius, closely resembles Hermes Caduceus. I think that if Ubisoft named this spear the rod of Ascelpius it would be significantly more historically accurate in looks and in powers.
Caduceus
rod of Asclepius
Odysseys version
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_of_Asclepius
https://assassinscreed.fandom.com/wiki/Staff_of_Hermes_Trismegistus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermes_Trismegistus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassin%27s_Creed_Odyssey
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caduceus
