| Mithra | |
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.jpg) Late 4th-century Sasanian relief of Mithra | |
| Other names | Mehr, Mitra |
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| Hindu | Mitra |
| Roman | Mithras |
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Mithra (Avestan: 𐬨𐬌𐬚𐬭𐬀 [Miθra] Error: {{Lang}}: Non-latn text/Latn script subtag mismatch (help); Old Persian: 𐎷𐎰𐎼 [Miθraʰ] Error: {{Lang}}: Non-latn text/Latn script subtag mismatch (help)) is an ancient Iranian deity (yazata) of covenants, light, oaths, justice, the Sun,[1] contracts, and friendship.[2] In addition to being the divinity of contracts, Mithra is also a judicial figure, an all-seeing protector of Truth (Asha), and the guardian of cattle, the harvest, and the Waters.
The Romans attributed their Mithraic mysteries to Zoroastrian Persian sources relating to Mithra. Since the early 1970s, the dominant scholarship has noted dissimilarities between the Persian and Roman traditions, making it, at most, the result of Roman perceptions of Zoroastrian ideas.[3]
- ^ "Mithraism | Definition, History, Mythology, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2022-07-02.
- ^ Storm, Rachel (2011). Sudell, Helen (ed.). Myths & Legends of India, Egypt, China & Japan (2nd ed.). Wigston, Leicestershire: Lorenz Books. pp. 12, 52.
- ^ Beck, Roger (2002-07-20). "Mithraism". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Online Edition. Retrieved 2012-09-07.