Mithras

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Indo-Iranian god Roman mystery cult deity deity

Mithras is an ancient Indo-Iranian god who became the central figure of the Roman mystery cult of Mithraism, associated with the sun, oaths, and a bull-slaying salvation myth.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Mithra 4
Mithras canonical 2
Avestan Mithra 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Iranian god ⓘ
Roman mystery cult deity ⓘ
deity ⓘ
associatedWith contracts ⓘ
light ⓘ
oaths ⓘ
salvation ⓘ
sun ⓘ
warriors ⓘ
centralFigureOf Mithraism ⓘ
surface form: Mithraic mysteries
cultPlaces mithraea ⓘ
underground temples ⓘ
cultPractice initiation grades ⓘ
ritual meals ⓘ
secret rites ⓘ
culture Indo-Iranian ⓘ
Roman ⓘ
declineCause Christianization of the Roman Empire ⓘ
etymologicallyRelatedTo Mithras self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Avestan Mithra

Vedic Mitra ⓘ
function guardian of oaths ⓘ
mediator between gods and humans ⓘ
protector of contracts ⓘ
iconography Ashvins ⓘ
surface form: accompanied by Cautes and Cautopates

slaying a bull in a cave ⓘ
surrounded by zodiacal signs ⓘ
wearing Eastern-style trousers ⓘ
wearing a Phrygian cap ⓘ
linkedTo Mitra ⓘ
Sol Invictus ⓘ
mythologicalMotif bull-slaying ⓘ
tauroctony ⓘ
region Byzantine Empire ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Roman Empire

Western Roman Empire ⓘ
religion Mithraism ⓘ
sourceType archaeological inscriptions ⓘ
limited literary references ⓘ
reliefs and sculptures ⓘ
symbol bull ⓘ
sun disk ⓘ
torch ⓘ
timePeriod 1st century CE ⓘ
4th century CE ⓘ
title Mithras self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sol Invictus Mithras
worshippedBy Roman merchants ⓘ
Roman soldiers ⓘ
imperial administrators ⓘ
worshippedIn Roman Empire ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hellenistic religion → integratesDeity → Mithras ⓘ
London Mithraeum → dedicatedTo → Mithras ⓘ
Artaxerxes II → patronDeity → Mithras ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mithra
Mitra → cognateDeity → Mithras ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mithra
Mithras → title → Mithras self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sol Invictus Mithras
Mithras → etymologicallyRelatedTo → Mithras self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Avestan Mithra
Iranian mythology → hasDeity → Mithras ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mithra
Chinvat Bridge → judgmentBy → Mithras ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mithra