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Visual depiction of Mithra

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Vol. II · Polytheism · sun

Mithra

Indo-Iranian god of light and covenants


a radiant solar warrior slaying the sacred bull, light streaming from his Phrygian cap, stars wheeling behind him

Organization
Mixed Bronze/Iron-Age pantheons
Time period
varies
Location
varies
Archetype
sun

Source attribution

This visual depiction is one of 1,947 in the archive — a creative historical rendering of how Mixed Pantheons (set 4) has expressed the divine. The depiction is interpretive, not iconographic.