- 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...
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Imperial era, as were the
Mithraic mysteries themselves. Some
scholars have
argued that the text has no
direct connection to
Mithraic ritual practice; others...
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occurs in
dedicatory inscriptions in
connection to the cult of Mithras. The
Mithraic Caelus is
sometimes depicted allegorically as an
eagle bending over the...
- soldier/medic and Caleb's partner. On Earth, she (Mary) and
Caleb had
killed a
Mithraic couple, Sue and Marcus. Mary and
Caleb altered their appearances to resemble...
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worshipped in Mysteries; for instance,
Egyptian Isis,
Persian Mithras from the
Mithraic Mysteries, Thracian/Phrygian Sabazius, and
Phrygian Cybele. In Plato's...
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mysteries of Cybele, the
Dionysian mysteries,
Orphic religion, and the
Mithraic mysteries. In Latin, the
concept of the
deity may
appear as Aeternitas...
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Invictus (Latin: the
unconquered sun),
perhaps under the
influence of the
Mithraic mysteries.
Publications from the mid-1990s have
challenged the
notion of...
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Persian Ahriman.: 2034 The
Latin inscriptions which were
found in a
Mithraic context suggest a re-defined or
different deity with a near-identical name...
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guardian of cattle, the harvest, and the Waters. The
Romans attributed their Mithraic mysteries to
Zoroastrian Persian sources relating to Mithra.
Since the...
- Some
researchers note that this movement,
especially in the
context of
mithraic iconography (see below),
seems to stem from the
Neoplatonic concept that...
