Deity Greek and Roman
Mitra
Mithras la میترا fa
Indo-Iranian divinity, later worshipped as the Zoroastrian Mithra and the Roman mystery god Mithras
- Child of Ahura Mazda
A god is known
by the accounts
that name it.
Accounts kept apart
Family
The family of Mitra
Parents, consorts and children as the accounts give them. Choose a consort to see the children the stories give the two.
Accounts differ about a god’s family. Where they name different parents, the tree sets them side by side instead of choosing one.
The family as a list · 1
Kinship in an account 1
What this means
Parentage as a named source tells it. Not an independently established biological relationship, and different accounts disagree.
Does not imply an independently established biological relationship · agreement between accounts
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Connections
How Mitra connects
Grouped by the kind of relationship, because a successor is not a son and a shared symbol is not an influence.
Identification 4
What this means
One figure treated as another in some context. Not literal identity in all contexts, and usually a claim by a third party.
Does not imply literal identity in all contexts · that either tradition made the identification
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
- identified with Amirani Georgian mythical figure
- identified with Mher ancient Armenian deity
- identified with Mithra Zoroastrian divinity of Contracts and Oaths, a form of Mitra and also worshipped in the Roman Empire as a mystery god of masculinity and the sun
- identified with Mithras Greco-Roman form of the Indo-Iranian god Mitra (Q6497135) and the Zoroastrian god Mithra (Q12614595)
Documented influence 1
What this means
A transmission argued from evidence. Not shared symbols, and not a short path through a database.
Does not imply shared symbols as evidence · a short path through a database
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Sources
Sources and evidence
Where every statement on this page comes from, and how each one stands.
3 statements on this record
- 1 Has references The statement cites something outside Wikimedia. That citation has not been checked here.
- 2 Imported Taken from Wikidata as it stands. Nobody here has read it.
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- Pictures
- Wikimedia Commons · each file’s own terms
Review
Not yet read by an editor here. Every relationship on this page is an import.
Disagreements are kept, not resolved, and a count of sources is not a confidence score.
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