Worshippers of this god are instructed to "make a long hissing sound, then a popping sound" in a namesake "Liturgy" in the Greek Magical Papyri.
Worshippers of this god are instructed to "make a long hissing sound, then a popping sound" in a namesake "Liturgy" in the Greek Magical Papyri. Temples to this god often contained statues of a snake wrapped around a nude male with a lion's head. A dog, a snake, and a testicle-seeking scorpion aid this god in his most famous act, in which he is often accompanied by attendants named Cautes and Cautopates. Shrines to this god, who emerged holding a dagger and torch in his "rock birth," center on a scene called the Tauroctony (tor-OK-tuh-nee), in which this Phrygian (FRIDGE-ee-in) cap-wearing god kills a bull. For 10 points, name this Persian-derived god popular with soldiers, whose worshippers met in underground shrines and constituted the best-known Roman mystery cult.
Worshippers of this god are instructed to "make a long hissing sound, then a popping sound" in a namesake "Liturgy" in the Greek Magical Papyri.
Mithras [or Mithra; or Mitra; accept Helios until "lion's head"] &lt;Golfinos&gt;