Difference between revisions of "Mithras"

<p> E . the Friend), the highest of the second order of deities in the ancient [[Persian]] religion, the friend of man in this life and his protector against evil in the world to come, sided with [[Ormuzd]] against Ahriman, incarnated in the sun, and represented as a youth kneeling on a bull and plunging a dagger into his neck, while he is at the same time attacked by a dog, a serpent, and a scorpion. </p>