Mithra
Mithra was a Persian god widely venerated in the western countries, especially in the Roman Empire, under the name “Mithras”. He was said to be the son of Ahura Mazda (one of the seven demonic deities created by him to oppose Ahriman).
Mithra was the god of order; but given the obligation to maintain order, he became the god of war and of warriors.
He was considered a more accessible god (a mediator, in a certain sense, between the pure goodness of Ahura Mazda and the pure evil of Ahriman). In his temples he is depicted slaying a bull in a ritual believed to ensure a new creation of life; his worshippers bathed in the blood of the sacrificed bulls.
The cult of Mithras as practised in Rome was exclusively masculine, and of an ascetic character, since it placed truth and righteous living above all else; the reward in return was life after death.