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Mithra (Mitra) is an Indo-Iranian god, worshipped at least as early as 1400BC. In Hinduism he is praised as the binomial Mitra-Varuna. A hymn is also dedicated to him alone in the Rig Veda (3.59). He is the Lord of Heavenly Light, protector of truth, and is invoked when a contract or oath is taken.

Mitra was one of the principal gods of the Aryan (Indo-Iranian) tribes even before they parted company and went their ways into India and Iran. In the Rig Veda, Mitra and Varuna are Ashuras (Lords) and always mentioned together, often as the double or twin god Mitra-Varuna. Mitra, in Persia, stood for contract, therefore for fairness, therefore for justice, therefore for honesty, therefore for truth, therefore for light, therefore for the sun.