Directory of Mithraism Resources

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The ancient Mithraic religion from textual and historically interpretative sources.

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• LacusCurtius: Mithraism: An Essay by David Fingrut

  http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Periods/Roman/Topics/Religion/Mithraism/David_Fingrut**.html
  A general survey of Mithraic religion, with bibliography and photograph of a 2nd-century Roman Mithraic marble statue from the British Museum.

• Mithra - Encyclopedia Mythica

  http://www.pantheon.org/articles/m/mithra.html
  Encyclopedia article presenting basic information on this old-Iranian god of light, contracts and friendship.

• The Cosmic Mysteries of Mithras

  http://www.mysterium.com/mithras.html
  An illustrated article (from Biblical Archaeology Review) by David Ulansey, based on his book "The Origins of the Mithraic Mysteries".

 

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