LC control no. | sh 97004133 |
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LC classification | BL1585 |
Topical heading | Mithras (Zoroastrian deity) |
Variant(s) | Mithra (Zoroastrian deity) |
See also | Zoroastrian gods Mithraism |
Found in | Harris, E. The scarifice stone, 1996: p. 108 (Mithras, Persian God of light) Britannica Micro. (Mithra, or Mithras; in Iranian mythology, omniscient warrior deity born of a rock and armed at birth; he became knows as the creator of life) Shapiro, M.S. A dict. of mytholog., 1981 (Mithras, or Mithra) Sauer, E. The end of paganism in the north-western ... 1996: p. 7 (Mithras; worshipped cent. before the Roman Empire; in India, Persia var, parts of Asia Minor & South-west Asia) Ox. classic. dict. (Mithras; an ancient Aryan (Indo-Iranian) god; in Zoroastrianism one of the good powers) |