In the  Rig Veda, four hymns honoring him describe how he sent his  two spies to look at two halves of his creation, and he knew the twenty-  one names of a cow.
In the  Rig Veda, four hymns honoring him describe how he sent his  two spies to look at two halves of his creation, and he knew the twenty-  one names of a cow. In The Mahabharata, this god's son Pushkara  marries a daughter of Soma named Jyotsnakali. He gave Richika a  thousand cows, and above his throne is a serpent that protects him from  the elements. This deity fathered the rishi Vasistha, and he is often  conflated with his brother, who is in charge of (*) contracts. Like Ganga, he  used a makara,  as a mount. This leader of the Adityas was also connected with  the nature of things or rta,  and the sun was supposedly his eye. For 10 points,  name this Vedic god, who became connected with water in later times.
In the  Rig Veda, four hymns honoring him describe how he sent his  two spies to look at two halves of his creation, and he knew the twenty-  one names of a cow.
Varuna [accept Mitra-Varuna, due to some conflation of the two]