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Hermeticism, a Rare card
Hermeticism, or Hermetism, is a philosophical and religious tradition rooted in the teachings attributed to Hermes Trismegistus, a syncretic figure combining elements of the Greek god Hermes and the Egyptian god Thoth.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 77
- DEF
- 73
- Power
- 150
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 470,000
Power 150 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Hermeticism quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Hermeticism card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The most famous of these are the Corpus Hermeticum and the ______.
Answer
Asclepius. The most famous of these are the Corpus Hermeticum and the Asclepius. From the Hermeticism article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Fernando Mendoza. Fernando Mendoza 5,700,000 · Hermeticism 470,000 · Sports in Asia 10,000 · Omitlán de Juárez 660 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- These teachings are contained in the various writings attributed to Hermes, which were produced over a period spanning many centuries and may be very different in content and scope.
- One particular form of Hermetic teaching is the religio-philosophical system found in a specific subgroup of Hermetic writings known as the 'religio-philosophical' Hermetica, which were written in Egypt between approximately 100 and 300 CE.
- The most famous of these are the Corpus Hermeticum and the Asclepius.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Hermeticism article was read about 470,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 77 and blocks with 73: each hit it takes is cut by 29 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Hermeticism (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Jean-Louis Durant (1654-1718), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
