http://www.metafilter.com/tags/Mithras Posts tagged with 'Mithras' at MetaFilter. Thu, 16 Dec 2010 07:49:25 -0800 Thu, 16 Dec 2010 07:49:25 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/98603/So%2DMithras%2Dand%2DGaia%2Dhad%2Dsome%2Dchildren <a href="http://jessemoynihan.com/?p=11">Forming</a> (NSFW - cartoon nudity) is a webcomic by <a href="http://jessemoynihan.com/?page_id=2">Jesse Moynihan</a> (NSFW) that tells the history of the evolution of man via the machinations of various alien entities whose familiar names (and unfamiliar stories) have been recorded in various religions throughout time. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithras">Mithras</a> is a powerful space traveller on a mission from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahura_Mazda">Ahura Mazda</a> to exploit earth's resources by any means necessary (including the genetic manipulation of Earth's native inhabitants). Along the way, <a href="http://www.jessemoynihan.com/images/illustration+firstbeastwar.jpg">plots and counter-plots</a> are hatched by various mythological luminaries such as Cronus, Lucifer, Gaia, Noah, and the Ain Soph ultimately revealing the true history of homo sapien's origin. tag:metafilter.com,2010:site.98603 Thu, 16 Dec 2010 07:49:25 -0800 AinSoph aliens ancientastronauts comic cyclops earth Forming gaia gods lucifer man Mithras Mythology noah Religion titan webcomic lyam http://www.metafilter.com/95207/Mithras <a href="http://www.archaeology.org/online/features/bull_killer/">Bull-Killer, Sun Lord.</a> "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, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithraic_mysteries">Mithras</a>." tag:metafilter.com,2010:site.95207 Sat, 28 Aug 2010 14:12:53 -0800 Archaeology History Mithraism Mithras Religion Roman Rome SolInvictus Tauroctony homunculus