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Zoroastrianism. ) is an ancient Iranian deity of covenants, light, oaths, justice, the Sun, [1] contracts, and friendship. [2] In addition to being the divinity of contracts, Mithra is also a judicial figure, an all-seeing protector of Truth (Asha), and the guardian of cattle, the harvest, and the Waters. The Romans attributed their Mithraic ...
e. Ancient Iranian religion or Iranian paganism was a set of ancient beliefs and practices of the Iranian peoples before the rise of Zoroastrianism. The religion closest to it was the historical Vedic religion that was practiced in India. The major deities worshipped were Ahura Mazda and Mithra from Iran to Rome, but Atar was also worshipped ...
e. Iranian mythology, or Persian mythology in western term (Persian: اسطورهشناسی ایرانی), is the body of the myths originally told by ancient Persians and other Iranian peoples and a genre of ancient Persian folklore. These stories concern the origin and nature of the world, the lives and activities of deities, heroes, and ...
Krappe reviews the ancient Near Eastern tradition and how sun gods and divinities were closely connected to each other, and concludes that "the Persian solar lion, to this day the coat-of-arms of Iran, is evidently derived from the same ancient [Near Eastern] sun god". As an example, he notes that in Syria the lion was the symbol of the sun.
t. e. Ahura Mazda (/ əˌhʊərə ˈmæzdə /; [1] Avestan: 𐬀𐬵𐬎𐬭𐬀 𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬁, romanized: Ahura Mazdā; Persian: اهورا مزدا, romanized: Ahurâ Mazdâ), [n 1] also known as Horomazes, [n 2][2] is the creator deity and god of the sky [3] in the ancient Iranian religion Zoroastrianism.
Kisosen, the Abenaki solar deity, an eagle whose wings opened to create the day and closed to cause the nighttime. Napioa, the Blackfoot deity of the Sun. Tawa, the Hopi creator and god of the Sun. Wi, Lakota god of the Sun. Aba' Bínni'li', the Chickasaw creator deity, strongly associated with the sun.
Mithraism. Double-faced Mithraic relief. Fiano Romano (Rome), 2nd to 3rd century CE (Louvre Museum). Mithraism, also known as the Mithraic mysteries or the Cult of Mithras, was a Roman mystery religion centered on the god Mithras. Although inspired by Iranian worship of the Zoroastrian divinity (yazata) Mithra, the Roman Mithras was linked to a ...
"Mithridates" is the Greek attestation of the Iranian name Mihrdāt, meaning "given by Mithra", the name of the ancient Iranian sun god. [4] The name itself is derived from Old Iranian Miθra-dāta-. [5] Mithra is a prominent figure in Zoroastrian sources, where he plays the role of the patron of khvarenah, i.e. kingly glory. [6]