This article is about the Zoroastrian yazata. For other uses, see Mithra (disambiguation).
Mithra
God of light and oath
Late 4th-century Sasanian relief of Mithra
Other names
Mehr, Mitra
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Roman equivalent
Mithras
Hinduism equivalent
Mitra
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Mithra (Avestan: 𐬨𐬌𐬚𐬭𐬀Miθra, Old Persian: 𐎷𐎰𐎼Miθra), commonly known as Mehr or Mithras among Romans,[1] is an ancient Iranian deity of covenants, light, oath, justice, the sun,[2] contracts, and friendship.[3] In addition to being the divinity of contracts, Mithra is also a judicial figure, an all-seeing protector of Truth, 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.[4]
^McIntosh, Jane; Chrisp, Peter; Parker, Philip; Gibson, Carrie; Grant, R. G.; Regan, Sally (October 2014). History of the World in 1,000 Objects. New York: DK and the Smithsonian. p. 83. ISBN 978-1-4654-2289-7.
^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.
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