Mithras (Zoroastrian deity) (Topical Term)
- Mithra (Zoroastrian deity)
- Broader heading: Zoroastrian gods
- Mithraism
Harris, E. The scarifice stone, 1996: p. 108 (Mithras, Persian God of light)
Britannica Micro. (Mithra, or Mithras; in Iranian mythology, omniscient warrior deity born of a rock and armed at birth; he became knows as the creator of life)
Shapiro, M.S. A dict. of mytholog., 1981 (Mithras, or Mithra)
Sauer, E. The end of paganism in the north-western ... 1996: p. 7 (Mithras; worshipped cent. before the Roman Empire; in India, Persia var, parts of Asia Minor & South-west Asia)
Ox. classic. dict. (Mithras; an ancient Aryan (Indo-Iranian) god; in Zoroastrianism one of the good powers)