Mithra (Avestan: 𐬨𐬌𐬚𐬭𐬀 Miθra, Old Persian: 𐎷𐎰𐎼 Miθra), commonly known as Mehr or Mithras among Romans, is an ancient Iranian deity of covenants... 17 KB (2,021 words) - 06:54, 2 April 2024 |
Mithraism, also known as the Mithraic mysteries or the Cult of Mithras, was a Roman mystery religion centered on the god Mithras. Although inspired by... 171 KB (20,275 words) - 15:32, 16 April 2024 |
List of nature deities (redirect from Nature god) animals of the steppe and daughter of the Storm-god Teshub Mihr (Armenian deity) cognate with the Mithra. God of the sun and light, son of Aramazd, the brother... 19 KB (2,301 words) - 07:43, 30 April 2024 |
London Mithraeum (redirect from Temple of Mithras) relocated to permit continued construction and this temple of the mystery god Mithras became perhaps the most famous 20th-century Roman discovery in London... 15 KB (1,646 words) - 23:15, 1 April 2024 |
Mitra (section Iranian Mithra) of an Indo-Iranian divinity that predates the Rigvedic Mitrá and Avestan Mithra. The names, and some characteristics, of these established deities subsequently... 17 KB (1,963 words) - 02:02, 25 January 2024 |
The name Mithras (Latin, equivalent to Greek "Μίθρας",) is a form of Mithra, the name of an Iranian god, a point acknowledged by Mithras scholars since... 12 KB (1,565 words) - 14:42, 21 January 2024 |
article on Mithraism in comparative mythology and comparative theology. See Mithraic mysteries for the main article. The Roman cult of Mithras had connections... 29 KB (3,712 words) - 08:33, 4 May 2024 |
Ancient Iranian religion (section Mithra) rise of Zoroastrianism. The major deities worshipped were Ahura Mazda and Mithra from Iran to Rome, but Atar was also worshipped, as names of kings and common... 43 KB (6,020 words) - 08:47, 1 May 2024 |
archer, and slayer of the Titan Bel. Mihr – Cognate with the Persian Mithra. God of the sun and light, son of Aramazd, the brother of Anahit and Nane... 49 KB (5,356 words) - 18:11, 16 February 2024 |
derivation or alternate form of Anahit. Mihr - Cognate with the Iranian Mithra. God of the sun and light, son of Aramazd, the brother of Anahit and Nane... 35 KB (3,886 words) - 23:45, 7 March 2024 |
Ahura Mazda (redirect from God in Zoroastrianism) inscriptions. With Artaxerxes II, Ahura Mazda was gathered in a triad with Mithra and Anahita. In the Achaemenid period, there are no known representations... 35 KB (3,877 words) - 19:39, 6 April 2024 |
Sol (Roman mythology) (section Connection to Mithras) Mithras, such as the Tauroctony of Mithras killing the bull, and looking at Sol over his shoulder. They appear in other scenes together from Mithras ascending... 20 KB (2,277 words) - 12:28, 29 January 2024 |
middle class office goer, is a contented man who lives with his loving wife Mithra (Ananya) and adorable son Arjun (Ashwanth) in a multi-storeyed apartment... 4 KB (384 words) - 05:06, 29 July 2023 |
The name Mythras may refer to: Mithras, the god at the centre of the Roman mystery religion Mithraism Mythras, a re-branding of the sixth edition tabletop... 262 bytes (64 words) - 11:50, 16 December 2021 |
Jesus in comparative mythology (section Mithraism) Around the same time that Christianity was expanding, the cult of the god Mithras was also spreading throughout the Roman Empire. Very little is known... 102 KB (11,430 words) - 18:19, 15 April 2024 |
its first translator, based on the invocation of Helios Mithras (Ἥλιοϲ Μίθραϲ) as the god who will provide the initiate with a revelation of immortality... 15 KB (2,012 words) - 12:39, 27 April 2024 |
Look up Mithras or Mithra in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mithras is the god central to the Greco-Roman mystery religion of Mithraism. Mithras may also... 561 bytes (99 words) - 03:43, 6 August 2023 |
Arimanius (category Mithraism) the toleration of an evil god, the inscription Deo Areimanio (to the God Areimanius) is indeed found on a few altars to Mithras, but without any description... 14 KB (1,500 words) - 10:20, 14 April 2024 |
A deity or god is a supernatural being considered to be sacred and worthy of worship due to having authority over the universe, nature or human life.... 138 KB (13,487 words) - 13:23, 4 May 2024 |
existence of God is a subject of debate in theology and the philosophy of religion. A wide variety of arguments for and against the existence of God can be... 133 KB (21,859 words) - 14:34, 3 May 2024 |
Miraculous births (section Mithra and Mithras) Iranian religion, Mithra was ousted from power and Ahura Mazda became supreme. In the more ancient Indian Vedas Mithra was the god of light, invoked under... 58 KB (7,733 words) - 04:05, 3 May 2024 |
is an ancient Indian word meaning "Sun". It may refer to: Mithra, the Indo-Iranian sun god Varahamihira, ancient Indian astronomer Mihirakula, a Huna... 531 bytes (93 words) - 03:58, 6 August 2023 |
Dionysus (redirect from Bacchus (god)) developed into strict monotheism by the fourth century AD; together with Mithraism and other sects, the cult formed an instance of "pagan monotheism" in... 210 KB (24,505 words) - 17:27, 4 May 2024 |
List of Roman deities (section Roman god lists) of the Dii Consentes. Roman equivalent of the Greek goddess Athena. Mithras, god worshipped in the Roman empire; popular with soldiers. Molae, daughters... 46 KB (5,162 words) - 00:59, 30 April 2024 |
water before sunset.[clarification needed] Hindu deities Mithra Mitra Mitra–Varuna Mithraism Rigvedic deities In Sanskrit dvandva compounds, the shorter... 15 KB (1,712 words) - 03:13, 11 April 2024 |
Dying-and-rising deity (redirect from Dying and reviving god) Roman Paganism. Chicago: Open Court. Cumont, Franz (1903). The Mysteries of Mithra. London: Kegan Paul. Detienne, Marcel (1994). The Gardens of Adonis: Spices... 28 KB (3,558 words) - 16:44, 18 April 2024 |
Tauroctony (category Mithraism) reliefs of the Mithraic Mysteries in the Roman Empire. The imagery depicts Mithras killing a bull, hence the name tauroctony after the Greek word tauroktonos... 28 KB (3,209 words) - 11:44, 26 March 2024 |
of the second night was also concluded by a banquet. Worship of the god Mithras was extremely popular among men of the Roman army for several centuries... 29 KB (4,191 words) - 18:08, 12 April 2024 |
Helios (redirect from Helios (god)) Mithras. Helios is seen as both a personification of the Sun and the fundamental creative power behind it and as a result is often worshiped as a god... 307 KB (33,994 words) - 04:01, 4 May 2024 |