FTP, identify this figure, whose face is often smeared with butter, the Hindu god of fire.
Eight of the ten books of the Rig Veda begin with dedications to this god.  A Brahmana text states that Yama gave this god his immortality, but in the Rig Veda, Yama merely tells Varuna that he is hiding in the waters. This son of Aditi and Kasyapa rescues Hanuman from Ravanna's wrath in the Ramayana and in the Mahabarata, it is he rather than Shiva who begets Skanda with his wife Svaha.  But the most important role of this two faced god is that of messenger to the gods and bearer of sacrifices.  FTP, identify this figure, whose face is often smeared with butter, the Hindu god of fire.
Eight of the ten books of the Rig Veda begin with dedications to this god.  
Agni