Please provide the name and a brief description of 5 different gods of
money/finance/commerce or similiar from any culture past or present.

Dear teflerdean-ga,
To answer this question I used the excellent Encyclopedia Mythica and
checked the result on other reliable sites.

I have supplied more than five as your main criteria of
money/finance/commerce could not always be matched exactly. I hope
these are satisfactory.

Roman.
Mercury
"Mercury is god of trade and profit, merchants and travelers, but
originally of the trade in corn."
http://www.pantheon.org/articles/m/mercury.html

Greek
Hermes
"The Greek god of riches, trade and good fortune. He is also the
messenger or herald of the gods."
http://www.pantheon.org/areas/gallery/mythology/europe/greek/hermes.html
http://www.pantheon.org/articles/h/hermes.html

Slavic
Veles
"Slavic god of cattle and horned livestock (skotnyi bog). Veles also
became associated with commerce, wealth, and prosperity; merchants
often sealed their agreements by swearing upon his name, and legal
documents sometimes concluded with oaths to him."
http://www.pantheon.org/articles/v/veles.html

Aztec
Cochimetl
"The Aztec god of merchants and commerce."
http://www.pantheon.org/articles/c/cochimetl.html

Celtic
Teutates
"Teutates is an ancient Celtic god who was worshipped especially in
Gaul. He is the god of war, fertility, and wealth."
http://www.pantheon.org/articles/t/teutates.html

Shinto
Daikoku
"The Japanese god of wealth and protector of the soil and patron of farmers."
http://www.pantheon.org/articles/d/daikoku.html

African
Oshun
"The Yoruba goddess of love and pleasure, beauty, and diplomacy and is
associated with money."
http://www.pantheon.org/articles/o/oshun.html
 
Roman
Abundantia
"A minor Roman goddess of abundance, prosperity and good fortune. Her
attribute is a cornucopia ("horn of plenty") with which she
distributes grain and money."
http://www.pantheon.org/articles/a/abundantia.html

Roman
Eventus Bonus
"Eventus Bonus ("good ending") is the Roman god of success in
business, but who also ensured a good harvest."
http://www.pantheon.org/articles/e/eventus_bonus.html

Roman
Minerva
"The Roman goddess of wisdom, medicine, the arts, dyeing, science and
trade, but also of war."
http://www.pantheon.org/articles/m/minerva.html
 
Central America
Misca
"The Niquiran god of merchants."
http://www.pantheon.org/articles/m/misca.html
 
Greek
Plutus
"The Greek god and personification of wealth, regarded as the son Demeter." 
http://www.pantheon.org/articles/p/plutus.html
 

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Clarification of Answer by answerfinder-ga on 25 Feb 2004 05:30 PST

Search strategy (contd.)
Then on Google searches on the names to check the information.
answerfinder-ga

Perfect answer.