Mithra
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Mithra ( ; ) is an ancient Iranian deity (yazata) of covenants, light, oaths, justice, the Sun, contracts, and friendship. 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.
Key facts
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- "تمدن ایران ساسانی، ص ۳۲۲">تمدن ایران ساسانی، ص ۳۲۲
- Deity.script_name
- Avestan
- Deity.script
- Miθra 𐬨𐬌𐬚𐬭𐬀
- Deity.gender
- Male
- Deity.attributes
- God of the Covenant, God of Light and Brightness, God of War, God of Truth, Guardian of the Covenant, Judge of Deeds on the Final Day
- Deity.symbol
- Sunlight, light, Lion, Cypress tree
- Deity.affiliation
- The Thirty-Three Deities, Guardians of the Days of the Month, The Twelve Deities
- Deity.mount
- Chariot
- Deity.day
- 16th of each month in the Iranian calendar، Sunday of each week
- Deity.associated_deities
- Verethragna, Rashnu, Sraosha
- Deity.sacred_flower
- Scarlet Rose
- Deity.abode
- Hara Berezaiti
- Deity.festivals
- Mehregan, Yalda Night (Birth of Mithra)
- Deity.temples
- Mithraeum
- Deity.greek_equivalent
- Mithras
- Deity.roman_equivalent
- Mithras
- Deity.equivalent1_type
- Vedic
- Deity.equivalent1
- Mitra
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18 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- In the Avesta
- In tradition
- In classical accounts
- History
- Median period
- Achaemenid period
- Seleucid period
- Parthian period
- Sasanian period
- Gallery
- Identification with Zeus
- In Manichaeism
- See also
- References
- Works cited
- Further reading
- External links
Mithra ( ; ) is an ancient Iranian deity (yazata) of covenants, light, oaths, justice, the Sun, contracts, and friendship. 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. According to Boyce, the earliest literary references to the Mithraic mysteries are by the Latin poet Statius, about 80 CE, and Plutarch (c. 100 CE).