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Arimanius (Greek: Αρειμάνιος Areimánios; Latin: Arīmanius) is a name for an obscure deity found in a few Greek literary texts and five Latin inscriptions. It is supposed to be the opponent of Oromazes ( Ancient Greek : Ὡρομάζης Hōromázēs ), the god of light.
An article on Mithraism needs to include the parallels or similarities for this reason, as they would include it for Manichaeism. Mithraism is key, if not all important in a comparative literary and religious context, which Larson was a respected expert in. Anon166 00:37, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
Explore the timline of Mithraic Mysteries. Definition. The Mithraic Mysteries, also known as Mithraism, were a mystery cult in the Roman world where followers worshipped the Indo-Iranian deity Mithras (Akkadian for "contract") as the god of friendship, contract and order.
Many Pagan groups in Hungary make use of Christian terminology and iconography re-interpreted in an ethnic Pagan way. This is the case of the "Church of Esoteric Beliefs — Church of the Holy Crown" (Hungarian: Ezoterikus Tanok Egyháza — Szent Korona Egyház), conceptualising a Scythian ancient religion with Christian character, worshiping the Fény Jézus ("Light Jesus") and the ...
But his section on mystery religions in general and Mithraism in particular are full of unfounded speculations - that Mithraists sacrificed bulls, that Mithraism was a fertility cult, that the civic religions of the Roman world were intellectually and spriritualy moribund, that the mystery religions were exotic imports from the east.
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Starting from the 1st century BC and up to the 4th century AD Mithraism was very widespread and relevant in Roman Empire and, although the mystery character of this religion, many are the finds found but the Mithras of Fiano Romano, both for its completeness and complexity of the symbolism reported that for the artistic quality of the work, as ...
