the Hero was represented on votive tablets with a shield on his left arm. The struggle of , as the Thracian Hero, against the Chaos-dragon was often represented in the form of a mounted hero fighting a snake-like creature, and his victory is often shown as an eagle holding a snake in its beak. The enemies of in his Hero form usually have a snake element. Imagery borrowed from the Greeks, such as Bellerophon fighting the Chimaera to represent the fight between and the Chaos-dragon, and Perseus freeing Andromeda for 's rescuing of the women from the dragon, were used in Thrace. A series of metal appliqués from the Letnitsa Treasure fully depict the struggle of against the Chaos-dragon: on one piece is a depiction of the three-headed Chaos-dragon on another piece, a sea-nymph riding a hippocampus represents the freeing of the waters from the Chaos-dragon another piece is decorated with the image of a maiden holding in her hand a mirror, which was a symbol of marriage on another piece is a representation of the Hero receiving a bow, which was a royal insignia the last piece depicted the Hero marrying the Great Goddess herself The "Hermesian" was represented on the coins of the Derrones tribe as driving cattle, using imagery similar to Greek depictions of Hermes stealing the cattle of Apollo, and following a common motif in Indo-European religions. On some coins of the Derrones, the "Hermesian" was depicted bearded and wearing a wide-brimmed hat, and driving an ox cart. Above the ox is a rosette, a solar symbol, and below it is a palmette, a chthonian symbol. Orpheus One of the most important members of the Thracian pantheon was the god, or demigod, or anthropodaemon (deified man) named in both Thracian and Greek sources as Orpheus, and known in northern Thrace as , under which name he was worshipped by the Getae tribe, who also called him . In Thracian religion, the demigod Orpheus was the second son of , born from her union with her first son . Orpheus personified the energies of the creation and set them free: thus, from the union of and , all the potent elements of the world were fertilised, ensuring the continuation of life in the world. Orpheus was initially a Thracian deity of plant life who inevitably had a chthonic aspect inherent to vegetation deities and hence regularly descended