Mithras

American  

[mith-ras] / ˈmɪθ ræs /

Also Mithra

noun

Persian Mythology.

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

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Mithras British  

/ ˈmɪθrə, ˈmɪθræs /

noun

1. 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

Example Sentences

Eggs were associated with fertility, rebirth and the Roman gods Mithras and Mercury.

From BBC

In 1954 thousands queued for hours in a city still pocked with scars from the Blitz, to see the unearthed Roman temple of Mithras, now spectacularly reconstructed within the huge Bloomberg building.

From The Guardian

In approximately 240AD, the Romans built a temple next to the river to one of their most mysterious cult figures, Mithras the bull slayer.

From The Guardian

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

From The New Yorker

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