1) Mithra 2) Persian deity
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1) Mithra
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[butterfly] Mithras is a Neotropical genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. ...
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[name] The name Mithras (Latin, equivalent to Greek `Μίθρας`,) is a form of Mithra, the name of an Iranian god, a point acknowledged by Mithras scholars since the days of Franz Cumont. The Greek form of the name appears in Xenophon`s biography of Cyrus, the Cyropaedia, a work written in the fourth century BC. The word Mithra occurs as...
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• (n.) The sun god of the Persians.
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In Persian mythology, the god of light, son of the sublime god, Ahura Mazda. Mithras represented the power of morality and goodness against Ahriman, the personification of evil, and promised his...
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A Middle Eastern god who was adopted by some Romans. Such Romans included army officers in Britain,. His worshippers built Mithraea - see Mithraeum. Mithras was 'The Sun God', had been born from an egg and brought life by killing a bull in a cave.
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The name Mithras was the Persian word for contract, however it was also known throughout the Roman Empire by the names Mithra, Mitra, Meitros, Mihr, Mehr, and Meher. The veneration of this God began ca. 4000 years ago in Persia, where it was soon imbedded with Babylonian doctrines. The faith spread east through India to China, and reached west thro…...
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Mi'thras noun [ Latin , from Greek ....] The sun god of the Persians.
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Mithras or the Mitra of the Rig Veda, was the Persian god of the sun, or the genius of the sun, which was worshipped as a deity at a later period also in Rome. The cultus of Mithras found its way into all parts of Europe visited by the Roman legions. In Germany many tokens of its former existence were still to be found as late as the 20th century.
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n] - ancient Persian god of light and truth
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a Persian god whose cult and popularity grew in Rome; Mithras was originally worshipped by outsiders of the Roman state pirates and thieves; however, the military began to participate in his worship and thus it spread throughout the empire; Mithras' cult was a mystery cult with seven different stages of initiation.
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Mithra noun ancient Persian god of light and truth; sun god
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In Persian mythology, the god of light, son of the sublime god, Ahura Mazda. Mithras represented the power of morality and goodness against Ahriman, the personification of evil, and promised his followers compensation for present evil after death. Mithraism was introduced into the Roman Empire in 68 BC and spread rapidly, gaining converts especiall...
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