Mithraism

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Mithraism was an ancient mystery religion centered on the god Mithras that spread through the Roman Empire, particularly among soldiers, and featured secret rites, underground temples, and a strong emphasis on loyalty and cosmic order.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Mithraism canonical 7
Mithraic mysteries 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman cult ⓘ
ancient religion ⓘ
mystery religion ⓘ
archaeologicalEvidence inscriptions ⓘ
reliefs ⓘ
underground sanctuaries ⓘ
associatedSymbol cosmic cave ⓘ
torchbearers Cautes and Cautopates ⓘ
zodiac ⓘ
centralMyth Mithras slaying the bull ⓘ
linked to: Mithras
coreConcept cosmic order ⓘ
loyalty ⓘ
oath-taking ⓘ
salvation ⓘ
declinedInPeriod 4th century CE ⓘ
distinctFrom Zoroastrian worship of Mithra ⓘ
flourishedInPeriod 1st century CE ⓘ
2nd century CE ⓘ
3rd century CE ⓘ
genderRestriction primarily male ⓘ
geographicSpread Britannia ⓘ
Danubian provinces ⓘ
Gaul ⓘ
Germania ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
hasIconography tauroctony ⓘ
hasRite initiation ceremony ⓘ
purification rituals ⓘ
sacred meal ⓘ
hasStructure seven grades of initiation ⓘ
initiationGrade Corax ⓘ
Heliodromus ⓘ
Leo ⓘ
Miles ⓘ
Nymphus ⓘ
Pater ⓘ
Perses ⓘ
mainDeity Mithras ⓘ
practicedBy Roman soldiers ⓘ
imperial officials ⓘ
merchants ⓘ
relatedTo Roman imperial cult ⓘ
religiousCentre Roman Empire ⓘ
ritualLanguage Greek ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
sharesFeaturesWith other Greco-Roman mystery cults ⓘ
suppressedBy Christian Roman emperors ⓘ
linked to: Roman emperors
worshipPlace mithraeum ⓘ
worshipPlaceType underground temple ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mithras → religion → Mithraism ⓘ
Mithras → centralFigureOf → Mithraic mysteries ⓘ
linked to: Mithraism
Poetovio → religiousCultPresent → Mithraism ⓘ
Ancient Iran → religion → Mithraism ⓘ
Mithraea → usedBy → Mithraic mysteries ⓘ
linked to: Mithraism
Mithraea → religion → Mithraism ⓘ
subject linked to: mithraea