Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c17.s2.13

c17.s2.13

It is however quite impossible to connect the Vedic deities directly with the separate heavenly bodies. The association of Mitra with the sun is frequently based upon the parallel with the Iranian Mithra. But it finds little support in the Rigveda, unless it be in the early Agni hymns, in which Agni is often said to be ‘like Mitra.’