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Mithras - Zoroastrian Mithras

Mithraism. Resources on Mithraism, the Roman soldiers' favorite mystery religion. Mithraism is a bull-slaying cult with parallels to Christianity.

Mithra - Zoroastrian God Mithras

Mithras or Mithra is the Zoroastrian god.

Studies in Mithraism

Most of the research into Mithraism, a religion with many parallels to Chrtistianity, comes from two writers, Cumont and Ulansey.

Taurobolium - Bull Sacrifice Taurobolium

Taurobolium. A bull sacrifice is called a taurobolium.

Mithraism and Christianity

A list of eight similarities between the two religions, including the Light of the world epithet for both saviors.

The Incredible Mithras Myth

Parallels between Jesus and Mithras.

Mithraism

Lacus Curtius article covering Persian origins of Mithraism, the expansion of Mithraism, Mithraism in the Roman Empire, initiation rites, Taurobolium, Mithraism's decline, and Manichaeism.

Mithraism

Basic information on the history of Mithraism, the bull-slaying aspect of the cult of Mithras, the rituals and a picture of the bull-slaying.

Mithraism: Jung vs. Freud

The two disagreed about the significance of the bull-slaying imagery. Freud thought it represented the killing of the animal ego by the human ego whereas Jung thought the bull represented an accepted alter-ego.

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