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Mithras, a glocal god?

On universal traditions, local communities, initiation and ritual in the Roman cult of Mithras with Csaba Szabó.

Andreu Abuín
Andreu Abuín

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Some places to visit

  • Mithréum d’Angers

    The Mithraeum of Angers, excavated during a preventive operation and subsequently dismantled in 2010, yielded numerous objects, including coins, oil lamps, and a ceramic vessel bearing a votive inscription to the invincible god Mithras.

     
  • Mithréum de Mandelieu

    Excavations in 1979 on the remains of the church of Notre-Dame d'Avigonet in Mandelieu, Alpes-Maritimes, brought to light a small mithraeum.

     
  • Mithraeum of Kapıkaya

    Mithras became the main deity worshipped in the sanctuary of Meter in Kapikaya, Turkey, in Roman times, at least until the fourth century.

     
  • Niasar Cave

    The Niasar Cave, غار نیاسر, was a temple probably devoted to Iranian Mithras that dates back to the early Partian era.

     

Sententia

Guest insights

Milen Ivanov

В египетски има дума heka което означава магия дори…

on A name older than Greece

 

Niall Mc Manus

What would you do if you ever met Mithras?

on Mithras, a glocal god?

 

Isabelle Waine

salve. The site entry for Gaius Cassius Flavianus says there is attestation that he was part of the mithraeum at Ad Enum…

on Mithraeum of Inveresk

 

The New Mithraeum

Thank you, Alejandro. I’ve just added a link to the article for anyone who’s interested.

on Mithraeum of Hawarte

 

Ystrith

directed light and ideas of the cosmos could momentarily converge. Rather than depicting an actual ceremony…

on a post

 

clayton veno

I’m not sure I fully agree. This appears to be based on an overly literal reading that assumes…

on Two Mithras-Attis terracotta from Kerch

 

The New Mithraeum

Indeed: “In front of the altars lay a ritual hearth, fed with special fuel made from Mediterranean pinecones…

on Tauroctony from Târgușor

 

Hetanos Argonavord

Unfortunately, this relief from Artashat and the bull’s head from Garni have been poorly studied…

on a post

 
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