Saunt Mithra

First Appearance and Context

Saunt Mithra is referenced on the roof of the Praesidium at the Concent of Saunt Edhar, where a large drive shaft rotates the great Telescope of Saunts Mithra & Mylax on the Starhenge. During a clearing evening of an Apert observance, a cosmographer reserved the instrument for night use, aimed it in advance, and prepared a photomnemonic tablet; the telescope is colloquially called “M & M.”

Roles/Actions and Affiliations

• Honored within the mathic tradition as a Saunt whose name is attached to a principal telescope on the starhenge.
• The named instrument is mechanically coupled to the clockworks that rise through the Praesidium, and is scheduled and prepared for night observations when conditions permit.
• During a later period when access to the starhenge was restricted, the twin telescopes bearing Mithra and Mylax’s names were noted as left oriented toward the northern sky.

Relationships

• Saunt Mylax: co‑namesake of the telescope associated with Mithra.
• Fraa Orolo: observed reserving and readying the co‑named telescope for night use during an Apert period.

Descriptions/Characteristics

No physical description or personal characteristics of Mithra are given in the present account.

Current Status/Location

Mithra’s life details are not described; the name endures through the telescope in the starhenge, which remains in place above the Praesidium at the Concent of Saunt Edhar.