Similar to the Greek and Roman deities was Chandra, the lunar god in the Hindu culture and religion. Like the Greek and Roman gods Chandra was described as young and beautiful, but unlike the lunar goddesses is depicted as a male. Every night Chandra rides his moon chariot across the sky which is pulled by either ten white horses or an antelope. To push the similarities even further Chandra is also known as the one of the gods of fertility. It is said that Chandra gives life to the plants through the dew which fell on them overnight. This dew was said to have spilled out from the Moon, which itself was a cup that contained the drink, Soma, a form of Chandra. When the gods drank from Soma the moon would become a crescent, when Soma was regenerating,