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Mithraism, also known as the Mithraic mysteries or the Cult of Mithras, was a Roman mystery religion centered on the god Mithras.
Mithra (Avestan: 𐬨𐬌𐬚𐬭𐬀 Miθra, Old Persian: 𐎷𐎰𐎼 Miθra), commonly known as Mehr or Mithras among Romans, is an ancient Iranian deity of covenants, light, oath, justice, the sun, contracts, and friendship.
Mithraism, the worship of Mithra, the Iranian god of the sun, justice, contract, and war in pre-Zoroastrian Iran. Known as Mithras in the Roman Empire during the 2nd and 3rd centuries CE, this deity was honored as the patron of loyalty to the emperor.
- Reinhold Merkelbach
Aug 31, 2020 · Mithras the god originated in the east, in Persia (modern day Iran) where he was first worshipped. When soldiers of the Roman Empire came back to the West they brought this cult with them and in time his cult worship spread throughout the Roman Empire, not only with the soldiers but also by the merchants who travelled into the land of the Persians.
- John S. Richardson
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Jun 10, 2015 · The Mithraic Mysteries, also known as Mithraism, were a mystery cult in the Roman world where followers worshipped the Indo-Iranian deity Mithras ( Akkadian for "contract") as the god of friendship, contract and order.
Feb 11, 2020 · Mithra is the Persian god of the rising sun, contracts, covenants, and friendship.
Nov 29, 2023 · Mithraism was a cult religion of ancient Persian origin that spread across the Roman world from the 1st to 4th centuries CE. It centered on the male god Mithras, who sacrificed a bull in a cave, and had no female members or temples.
