Mithras
E194653
Mithras is an ancient Indo-Iranian god who became the central figure of the Roman mystery cult of Mithraism, associated with the sun, oaths, and a bull-slaying salvation myth.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mithra | 10 |
| Mithras canonical | 7 |
| Avestan Mithra | 1 |
| Mithras slaying the bull | 1 |
| Sol Invictus Mithras | 1 |
| Zoroastrian deity Mithra | 1 |
| god Mithras | 1 |
| relief of Mithras-Helios | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1704137 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mithras Context triple: [Hellenistic religion, integratesDeity, Mithras]
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A.
Arimanes
Arimanes is a powerful supernatural spirit or ruler of the infernal realms who appears in Lord Byron’s dramatic poem "Manfred" as a dark, commanding presence.
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B.
Serapis
Serapis is a Greco-Egyptian syncretic god combining aspects of Osiris and Apis with Hellenistic deities, worshipped widely in the Ptolemaic and Roman worlds.
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C.
Hyginus
Hyginus was a Latin author and mythographer, traditionally identified as Gaius Julius Hyginus, known for compiling and preserving numerous Greek and Roman myths and celestial stories.
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D.
Baal
Baal is a 1918 expressionist play by Bertolt Brecht that follows the amoral, self-destructive life of a bohemian poet.
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E.
Baal
Baal is a prominent ancient Near Eastern storm and fertility god widely worshipped across Phoenician and Canaanite cultures.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mithras Target entity description: Mithras is an ancient Indo-Iranian god who became the central figure of the Roman mystery cult of Mithraism, associated with the sun, oaths, and a bull-slaying salvation myth.
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A.
Arimanes
Arimanes is a powerful supernatural spirit or ruler of the infernal realms who appears in Lord Byron’s dramatic poem "Manfred" as a dark, commanding presence.
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B.
Serapis
Serapis is a Greco-Egyptian syncretic god combining aspects of Osiris and Apis with Hellenistic deities, worshipped widely in the Ptolemaic and Roman worlds.
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C.
Hyginus
Hyginus was a Latin author and mythographer, traditionally identified as Gaius Julius Hyginus, known for compiling and preserving numerous Greek and Roman myths and celestial stories.
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D.
Baal
Baal is a 1918 expressionist play by Bertolt Brecht that follows the amoral, self-destructive life of a bohemian poet.
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E.
Baal
Baal is a prominent ancient Near Eastern storm and fertility god widely worshipped across Phoenician and Canaanite cultures.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indo-Iranian god
ⓘ
Roman mystery cult deity ⓘ deity ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
contracts
ⓘ
light ⓘ oaths ⓘ salvation ⓘ sun ⓘ warriors ⓘ |
| centralFigureOf |
Mithraic mysteries
ⓘ
linked to:
Mithraism
|
| cultPlaces |
mithraea
ⓘ
underground temples ⓘ |
| cultPractice |
initiation grades
ⓘ
ritual meals ⓘ secret rites ⓘ |
| culture |
Indo-Iranian
ⓘ
Roman ⓘ |
| declineCause | Christianization of the Roman Empire ⓘ |
| etymologicallyRelatedTo |
Avestan Mithra
ⓘ
linked to:
Mithras
Vedic Mitra ⓘ |
| function |
guardian of oaths
ⓘ
mediator between gods and humans ⓘ protector of contracts ⓘ |
| iconography |
accompanied by Cautes and Cautopates
ⓘ
linked to:
Ashvins
slaying a bull in a cave ⓘ surrounded by zodiacal signs ⓘ wearing Eastern-style trousers ⓘ wearing a Phrygian cap ⓘ |
| linkedTo |
Mitra
ⓘ
Sol Invictus ⓘ |
| mythologicalMotif |
bull-slaying
ⓘ
tauroctony ⓘ |
| region |
Eastern Roman Empire
ⓘ
linked to:
Byzantine Empire
Western Roman Empire ⓘ |
| religion | Mithraism ⓘ |
| sourceType |
archaeological inscriptions
ⓘ
limited literary references ⓘ reliefs and sculptures ⓘ |
| symbol |
bull
ⓘ
sun disk ⓘ torch ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
1st century CE
ⓘ
4th century CE ⓘ |
| title |
Sol Invictus Mithras
ⓘ
linked to:
Mithras
|
| worshippedBy |
Roman merchants
ⓘ
Roman soldiers ⓘ imperial administrators ⓘ |
| worshippedIn | Roman Empire ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Mithras Description of subject: Mithras is an ancient Indo-Iranian god who became the central figure of the Roman mystery cult of Mithraism, associated with the sun, oaths, and a bull-slaying salvation myth.
Referenced by (23)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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