Angel of the Day

June 9, 2004

Published on July 9, 2004 By CS Guy In Religion

From A Dictionary of Angels: Including the Fallen Angels by Gustav Davidson.

Mithra (Mitra, Mihir, Mihr, Ized, etc.) -
in Vedic cosmology, one of the shining gods, analogous to Judaean-Christian angels. King in The Gnostics and Their Remainsequates Mithra with Metatron. In Persian theology, Mithra or Mihr is one of the 28 izeds (spirits) that surround the great god Ahura-Mazda. He "rises from a paradise in the east, has 1,000 ears and 10,000 eyes." Among Aryans, he is a god of light. In Heaven, he assigns places to the souls of the just. [Rf. The Dabistan, p. 145; Lenormant, Chaldean Magic.]

Comments

greywar

on Jul 10, 2004

My wife made me a button to wear at work on my badge holder that had a "christian dove" motif with text reading "Mithras Saves" Very very few got it.

CS Guy

on Jul 10, 2004

My wife made me a button to wear at work on my badge holder that had a "christian dove" motif with text reading "Mithras Saves" Very very few got it.

Heh, very cool. Is it odd that I am an athiest, but have spent a good deal of my life studying religion and mythology?

Adventure-Dude

on Jul 14, 2004

I don't find it odd that you are athiest and spent time studying religion and mythology. Spirituality is personal and religion/mythology always has human influence. That is why I don't believe in religion, but I do believe in spirituality. One thing I find funny is many "rituals" in the christian church comes from Mithra and they don't even know it. The rituals meaning the dates in which the celebrate. Take for instance the Christmas tree that came straight out of Mithra. They just threw a christian slant on it but it is still based from Mithra.

CS Guy

on Jul 14, 2004

One thing I find funny is many "rituals" in the christian church comes from Mithra and they don't even know it.

That is the nature of just about every religion. As towns and cities went to war, and managed to conquer others, they would generally assimilate the conquered people's culture.

One example of this is with Greek mythology. In classical Greek mythology the gods were the spawn of the titans, and overthrew their parents to become rulers of the heavens. Well, this is a case where one greek city (worshiping Zeus, Apollo, etc.) conquered another (worshiping Hyperion, Chronos, etc.). So the deities of the losing side were demonized.

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