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To: odds

My reference to the Indric tradition was to Mithra, not Zoroaster.


173 posted on 06/22/2015 5:02:18 PM PDT by FredZarguna (Let's call it what it is: Climate Immorality. Now say a Dozen Hail Marys and six Our Fathers.)
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To: FredZarguna

Yes, understood after reading your previous post again.

This isn’t the thread for it, though it is all very fascinating, so let me add a final explanation.

In both Indic (vedic) and Iranian traditions, Mithra is not only known as the sun-god, but also represents ‘contracts & treaties’. The other name for mithra (mitra) being “mehr” in persian means ‘friendship or mercy’ among warriors in particular. It’s the same pre-zoroastrian deity.

Mithra (mitra/mehr) later, post-zoroaster, became known as a ‘saint’ or ‘angel’ in the Zoroastrian scripture. He was seen as the patron saint of warriors/soldiers, a guardian & ‘a messenger’ too if you will.

To date, the Zs don’t worship fire, but fire symbolically represents purity.

I’d say the closest analogy to Mithra or Mehr, for specific qualities associated with him (sun, fire, positive energy, protection), in Christian Angelology, and I believe in Judaism too, is Archangel St Michael.

So, although neither Mithraism nor Zoroastrianism are classified as Abrahamic religions, they influenced each other in some core beliefs at least.


174 posted on 06/22/2015 6:05:06 PM PDT by odds
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