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Mithraism

Mithraism, also known as the Mithraic mysteries or the Cult of Mithras, was a Roman mystery religion focused on the god Mithras. Although inspired by Iranian worship of the Zoroastrian divinity (yazata) Mithra, the Roman Mithras was linked to a new and distinctive imagery, and the degree of continuity between Persian and Greco-Roman practice remains…

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Etymology

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Interpretations of the bull-slaying scene

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related to Persecution and Christianization · 25
Mithraism → According, Archaeological, Beck, Christian, Christianity, Christianization, Christians, Clauss, Gallia Belgica, Gallienus, In, Martin, Mithraeum, Mithraic, Mithras, Pons Sarravi, Quite, Roman, Roman Mithraism, Sarrebourg
related to Mithraeum · 21
Mithraism → According, Britain, Dalmatia, Egypt, For, Greece, In, Mithraeum, Mithraic, Mithras, Numidia, Ostia, Rhine/Danube, Rome, Some, Syria, Temples, The, They, Tienen
related to Christianity · 19
Mithraism → Christian, Christianity, Christians, Early Christian, Ernest Renan, Eucharist, Ezquerra, For, If, Justin Martyr, Latin, Leonard Boyle, Mithraic, Mithras, Renan, Roman, Rome, Tertullian, This
related to Feasting · 17
Mithraism → Beck, Counterpart, For, Fors Fortuna, July, June, Jāņi, Latvia, Mithraic, Mithraists, Roman, Rome, Saint John's Eve, Since, The, The Virunum, These
related to history · 15
Mithraism → According, Antoninus Pius, At, By, CE, Commodus, Empire, Euboulus, Historia Augusta, History, Marcus Aurelius, Mithras, Pallas, Sol Invictus, The
related to Degrees of initiation · 13
Mithraism → Felicissimus, Gregory Nazianzen, In, Jerome, Manfred Clauss, Mithraeum, Mithras, No, Ostia Antica, St, Suda, The, There
related to Membership · 12
Mithraism → According, David Jonathan, Eastern, Geden, Historians, It, Mithraic, Only, Porphyry, Richard Gordon, The, Women
related to Name · 11
Mithraism → Mithra, Mithraic, Mithras, Modern, Persian, Persians, Roman, Roman Mithraism, The, Western Mithraism, Writers
see also · 9
Mithraism → BCE, Coțofenești, Iranian, JortHelmet, London MithraeumMaitreyaMithraMehreganRoman, MithraeumTienen MithraeumMithraic Reliefs, Monte Celio, Roman Mithraism, Stefano
related to Comparable belief systems · 8
Mithraism → Almost, Jupiter Dolichenus, Mithraea, Mithraic, Mithras, Roman, Rome's, The

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bowsinstance ofSometimes Mithras also has other weapons0.80text
arrowsinstance ofSometimes Mithras also has other weapons0.80text
and there are animals such as dogsinstance ofSometimes Mithras also has other weapons0.80text
serpentsinstance ofSometimes Mithras also has other weapons0.80text
dolphinsinstance ofSometimes Mithras also has other weapons0.80text
eaglesinstance ofSometimes Mithras also has other weapons0.80text
other birdsinstance ofSometimes Mithras also has other weapons0.80text
lionsinstance ofSometimes Mithras also has other weapons0.80text
crocodilesinstance ofSometimes Mithras also has other weapons0.80text
lobstersinstance ofSometimes Mithras also has other weapons0.80text
snails around.On some reliefsinstance ofSometimes Mithras also has other weapons0.80text
there is a bearded figure identified as the water god Oceanusinstance ofSometimes Mithras also has other weapons0.80text

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