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Mithras

American

[mith-ras] / ˈmɪθ ræs /

Also Mithra

noun

Persian Mythology.

the god of light and truth, later of the sun.

Mithras British

/ ˈmɪθræs /

noun

Persian myth the god of light, identified with the sun, who slew a primordial bull and fertilized the world with its blood

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Etymology

Origin of Mithras

< Latin < Greek Míthrās < Old Persian Mithra

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Mithras, the Zoroastrian god of war, the sun, and rebirth became immensely popular among Romans.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020

It was built over a fourth-century church that itself sat atop a temple to the Roman god Mithras.

From The New Yorker ● Sep. 12, 2016

The wine god’s local cult had installed itself in the 2nd-century Temple of Mithras, less than a mile away, when the soldiers’ god fell out of fashion.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 9, 2016

Welsh archaeologist Prof WF Grimes discovered a Roman temple devoted to god of light Mithras.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2015

Then it occurred to her: maybe the little statue of Mithras wasn’t stuck in the rock.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

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