Question

In a common iconographic motif, this god was depicted being born from stone while holding a dagger and a torch. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this god who was often depicted wearing a Phrygian cap and was the subject of a mystery cult particularly popular among Roman soldiers.
ANSWER: Mithras [accept Mithraism]
[10e] Iconographic worship of Mithras is thought to have centered around a scene of Mithras sacrificing one of these animals. In Greek mythology, the Minotaur is the child of Pasiphaë and one of these animals.
ANSWER: bulls [accept tauroctony; accept Cretan Bull; reject “cows”]
[10h] Possibly inspired by the Zoroastrian spirit Ahriman, Mithraic temples often contained statues of naked winged figures with the head of this animal. The Egyptian god of war Anhur was depicted with the head of this animal.
ANSWER: lions
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Berkeley CBerkeley A1010020
Stanford ABerkeley B1010020
Stanford LStanford M010010
Columbia BBard A10101030
Rowan AHaverford A1010020
Johns Hopkins AColumbia A1010020
Penn BPenn State B1010020
Penn State APenn A10101030
Rutgers CLehigh A010010
Notre DameWashU D1010020
Purdue AUIUC B1010020
CWRU B (UG)CWRU D (DII)010010
Michigan C (UG)Kenyon B (DII)1010020
Michigan State B (UG)Kenyon A (UG)1010020
CWRU A (UG)Michigan State C (UG)10101030
Ohio State B (DII)Pitt B (UG)10101030
Michigan BOhio State C (DII)1010020
Michigan DPitt A0101020
SIUE AUChicago B010010
UIUC DUChicago D0101020
UIUC AIndiana A10101030
UIUC CUChicago A010010
WashU BUChicago C1010020
Northwestern AWashU C10101030
Indiana BPurdue D1010020
ArkansasMcGill E010010
Central OklahomaNYU A1010020
Mississippi StateVassar B010010
UW BUBC A10101030
AlbertaUBC B010010
SFUUW A10101030
MissouriTexas B10101030
WUSTL AOle Miss1010020
Texas ANYU B1010020
Texas CTexas D10101030
Oregon StateVassar A1010020
UCF BFlorida State University A010010
UF AUF B1010020
UCF AUF C0101020
UF DFlorida Tech B1010020
BirminghamOxford B0101020
Imperial ABristol B1010020
Southampton BSouthampton A010010
Southampton BSouthampton A010010
Southampton BCambridge B010010
Southampton BCambridge B010010
Cambridge DDurham B010010
EdinburghDurham A010010
Warwick BImperial B1010020
Cambridge CLSE B1010020
LSE ASouthampton A1010020
Southampton ASouthampton B010010
Southampton BSouthampton A010010
Southampton BSouthampton A010010
Southampton BCambridge B010010
Southampton BCambridge B010010
Oxford ATeam 110101030
Bristol AWarwick A010010
UF EFlorida Tech A010010
A Brandeis SupremeBoston University B10101030
Williams AAmherst A010010
Yale BBowdoin A1010020
CarabrandeisBrown A0101020
Bowdoin BClark A0101020
Diamond BrandeisBoston University A10101030
Harvard ABrandeises Brew1010020
Northeastern AMIT A0101020
Tufts BYale A10101030
Yale CTufts A10101030