The origins of the Mithraic mysteries; cosmology and salvation in the ancient world

By:

Ulansey, David

Material type: Text

TextNew York Oxford Univ. Press c1989Description: xii, 154p.; illus.; bibliog. notes; bibliog.; indexContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0-19-505402-4

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

BL1585 .U43 1989

Abstract: '...argues that Mithraic iconography was in reality an astronomical code, and that the cult began as a religious response to a startling scientific discovery.'

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Perseus (Greek Mythology) : see also index.. Symbolism of Mithraic Cosmology : see also index.. Lion (In Religion, Folklore, etc.) : The lion-bull combat; The lion-headed god and the Gorgon, p90-93; p116-124.. Bull (In Religion, Folklore, etc.) : see also index under bull and tauroctony.

'...argues that Mithraic iconography was in reality an astronomical code, and that the cult began as a religious response to a startling scientific discovery.'

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