Comments on: Mithras

Mithras

homunculus — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 14:12:53 -0800

Bull-Killer, Sun Lord. "Foreign religions grew rapidly in the 1st-century A.D. Roman Empire, including worship of Jesus Christ, the Egyptian goddess Isis, and an eastern sun god, Mithras."

By: munchingzombie

munchingzombie — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 14:17:05 -0800

I once made a coffee mug that read "Mithras is the Reason for the Season".

By: chavenet

chavenet — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 14:19:59 -0800

FWIW, Mithraism is central to William Gaddis' The Recognitions. (Hey, everything revolves around the sun....). Here's another view of Rome's Mithraeum. Many thanks for these links.

By: paisley henosis

paisley henosis — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 14:29:39 -0800

Mithras is pretty neat, but it seems like he could have a stronger post.

By: vhof

vhof — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 14:33:06 -0800

Very interesting insight to the 1st Century religion!

By: homunculus

homunculus — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 14:34:40 -0800

Map of Mithraea

By: gdav

gdav — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 15:06:04 -0800

It was typical of Rudyard Kipling that he made a generous attempt to give the Mithraists a voice.

By: jrb223

jrb223 — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 15:07:56 -0800

I still remember my first Mithraeum, underneath the church of San Clemente in Rome. I tell you, you never forget it, your first Mithraeum. And if you do remember your first Mithraeum, you probably guffawed like I did when you first heard Battlestar Galactica make reference to Mithras.

By: Justinian

Justinian — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 15:20:57 -0800

Even today most of us celebrate Mithras on Dies Natalis Solis Invicti. December 25th.

By: conifer

conifer — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 15:21:38 -0800

Kid Rock (Warning: YouTube) tried to bring him back.

By: dancestoblue

dancestoblue — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 15:49:23 -0800

I first heard about Mirthras (and lots of other god legends, or legendary gods, or whatever) in the fun hour-long documentary "The God Who Wasn't There".

By: The Whelk

The Whelk — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 16:07:03 -0800

From the fog of my self- taught religion classes, one of the factors in Mithras' fade was that it had no role for women?

By: kuujjuarapik

kuujjuarapik — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 16:25:19 -0800

I find it interesting that the Phrygian cap that Mithras is shown wearing meant 'liberty' to ancient Romans. The same cap was later used on the Liberty Poles of the American revolution and the heads of the Sans-Culottes of the French Revolution. It's the same cap that Liberty is shown wearing on old US $1 coins, and is the cap on the heads of Smurfs. It is now being marketed to the Tea Party. I really hope that it catches on, because the ones wearing it who know some history will be constantly bothered by people asking 'hey, what's up with the Smurf hat?' by people who do not know history.

By: The Whelk

The Whelk — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 16:44:35 -0800

Plus they have connections to international communism, so extra.

By: kuujjuarapik

kuujjuarapik — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 16:46:41 -0800

what, the Smurfs?

By: joe lisboa

joe lisboa — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 16:49:59 -0800

what, the Smurfs? Absolutely: From each according to their smurf, to each according to their smurf.

By: No-sword

No-sword — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 17:26:17 -0800

Ein Gespenst schlumpft um in Europa – das Gespenst des Schlumpfheit...

By: Greg_Ace

Greg_Ace — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 17:33:49 -0800

These new deities will never last, by Crom!!

By: eye of newt

eye of newt — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 18:01:26 -0800

There's an Egyptian Museum in San Jose run by the Rosicrucians. They have a planetarium. I went to see the show in the planetarium expecting to learn something new about stars and the universe. Well, it was about the stars, and the universe, and how it all ties into Mithras. So I guess there are still people following this stuff.

By: eye of newt

eye of newt — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 18:13:47 -0800

I checked my own link, and apparently the show is still going on at the museum's planetarium! The website mentions a Dr. Davis Ulansey, so I did a search, and found his website on the Mithras.

By: IndigoJones

IndigoJones — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 18:26:31 -0800

From the fog of my self- taught religion classes, one of the factors in Mithras' fade was that it had no role for women? So they say, the experts, yes.

By: eye of newt

eye of newt — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 18:34:34 -0800

So they say, the experts, yes.-- IndigoJones Channeling Yoda, you are.

By: felix betachat

felix betachat — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 19:01:44 -0800

I could tell you everything I know about Mithras, but then I'd have to drag you down into a hastily dug trench, knife you in the gut and wallow in your steaming blood.

By: The Whelk

The Whelk — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 20:51:31 -0800

I tried that once in college and it was so not worth it.

By: rodgerd

rodgerd — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 21:05:02 -0800

one of the factors in Mithras' fade was that it had no role for women? That and the whole "killing pagans who won't convert" post-Constantine.

By: The Whelk

The Whelk — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 21:14:13 -0800

Well that's hardly unique now.

By: John Shaft

John Shaft — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 02:52:23 -0800

Mithras as discussed on QI. Dara Ó Briain's comment at 2:36 is tops.

By: GenjiandProust

GenjiandProust — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 05:27:07 -0800

They have a planetarium. I went to see the show in the planetarium expecting to learn something new about stars and the universe. Well, it was about the stars, and the universe, and how it all ties into Mithras. I've seen this, too! Although I went into it knowing I was in for a pile 'o Mithras, so maybe it wasn't so jarring. The Rosicrucian Museum is well worth a visit for people in San Jose, assuming you like your museums not too tightly connected to verifiable "facts."

By: ovvl

ovvl — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 14:25:04 -0800

I for one welcome our new Bull Overlords.