This deity is exclusively associated with images of a four-winged, key-holding figure wrapped by a serpent with head of a lion. His name is cognate with that of the Vedic deity of contracts and friendship. This figure once fired an arrow at a stone t
This deity is exclusively associated with images of a four-winged, key-holding figure wrapped by a serpent with head of a lion. His name is cognate with that of the Vedic deity of contracts and friendship. This figure once fired an arrow at a stone that gushed water and was born from a (*) rock wielding a dagger and a torch. This god's worshippers had seven ranks, and his underground temples featured images of the tauroctony, in which he slays a sacred bull. For 10 points, name this solar deity popular among soldiers whose mystery cult was edged out by Christianity in the Roman Empire.
This deity is exclusively associated with images of a four-winged, key-holding figure wrapped by a serpent with head of a lion.
{Mithras} [or {Mithra}; prompt on {Mitra}]