Mithras

1. Verfasser: Fear, Andrew , [VerfasserIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022.
Umfang/Format: 212 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Schriftenreihe: Gods and heroes of the ancient world
Schlagworte:
Inhaltsangabe:
  • A riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma
  • Tempora solis : the life of a religion
  • Those who join hands : the Mithraists
  • "That mede there, Mithras" : the prehistory of a religion
  • Born of a rock : the early life of Mithras
  • You have saved us by pouring fourth the eternal blood : the Tauroctony and beyond
  • The guardian at the gate : the enveloped god
  • A well-omened, holy place : the persian cave
  • Persist through the clouds : ritual
  • Credo : descending immortal, immortal to rise again
  • Through a glass darkly : Mithras after Rome.