Foreword

For me, Mithras is just a name, no more.

Little is known for sure about the ancient religion as it was supplanted by Christianity by the forth century, and no religious texts remain.

It's remarkable resemblance to Christianity prompted the early Christian fathers to suggest that it might have been invented by the Devil in advance to subsequently discredit Christianity.

It's attributes are the Phrygian cap and the radiant sun.

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Where it came from

Mithra (Avestan: 𐬨𐬌𐬚𐬭𐬀 Miθra, Old Persian: 𐎷𐎰𐎼 Miça) commonly known as Mehr, is the Iranian deity of covenant, light, oath, justice and the sun. In addition to being the divinity of contracts, Mithra is also a judicial figure, an all-seeing protector of Truth, and the guardian of cattle, the harvest, and of the Waters.

Where it develped

At first identified with the Sun-god Helios by the Greeks, the syncretic Mithra-Helios was transformed into the figure Mithras during the 2nd century BC, probably at Pergamon. This new cult was taken to Rome around the 1st century BC and was dispersed throughout the Roman Empire. Popular among the Roman military, Mithraism was spread as far north as Hadrian's Wall and the Germanic Limes.

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