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The New Mithraeum Database

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A man is initiated into the Mysteries of Mithras

This is the first of several fresco scenes depicting the initiation of a new member in a mithraic community, in Capua Vetere.

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Relief of Aion on globe

The lion-headed god is standing on a globe encicled by two crossed bands on which five pearls.

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Fresco of a knight and a black figure from Hawarte

This painting depicts an Iranian knight holding in a chain a black naked figure with two heads.

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Second Petrogeny of Santo Stefano Rotondo

The second statue of Mithras rock-birth was found in the Mitreo di Santo Stefano Rotondo shows a childish Mitras emerging from the rock.

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Initiation scene from Capua Vetere

Fresco depicting an initiation scene from the Mithraeum of Capua Vetere.

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Stars of the Mitreo de Santa Maria Capua Vetere

The vault of the Mithraeum in S. Capua Vetere is decorated with stars that have holes in their centers, which once held colorful glass decorations.

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Fresco scene from Mitreo of Santa Maria Capua Vetere

Fresco showing a scene of initiation into the mysteries of Mithras in the Mithraeum of Santa Maria Capua Vetere.

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Marble slab with inscription from Mitreo Barberini

The inscription mentions the name of the donor, Yperanthes, of Persian origin.

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Major fresco of the Mitreo Barberini

The votive fresco from the Mithraeum Barberini displays several scenes from Mithras’s myth.

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Frescoes of lions at Santa Prisca

Procession of Leones carrying animals, bread, a krater, and other objects in preparation for a feast.

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Initiation frescoes from the Barberini Mithraeum

Continuation of the frescoes depicting an initiation into the Mithras cult, where two attendants present a repast to Mithras and Sol.

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Mithräum von Ober-Florstadt

Mithraeum discovered in 1887–1888, located about 85 m north of the castellum at Ober-Florstadt, built on a hillside with a central aisle, benches, and an altar podium.

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Relief of Mithras, Shapur II and Ardashir II

This monument depicts Mihr/Mithras watching over the transition of power from Shapur II to Ardashir II, which took place in 379.

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Lenni George

Lenni is the author of The Rites of Hekate and has written and been published extensively on Hekatean practice exploring the goddess’s many faces. She also writes and works with what she calls “dark botanicals”, cultivating two distinct moon gardens

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Hekate: Magic, Mystery and the Liminal World

In this conversation with Lenni George, on the occasion of the release of her latest book ‘The Rites of Hekate: From the Dirt to the Divine,’ we explore that shifting presence: a goddess of thresholds, of illumination and obscurity, of descent and return…

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Hekate: Magic, Mystery and the Liminal World

Lenni George on Hekate’s development across ancient traditions, from mystery cults to magical practice and philosophical thought.

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Altars of Sucellus and Nantosvelta from Sarrebourg

Two altars dedicated to Sucellus and Nantosvelta found near the Sarrebourg Mithraeum.

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Mithraeum I of Stockstadt

The Mithraeum I in Stockstadt contained images of Mithras but also of Mercury, Hercules, Diana and Epona, among others.

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Red sandstone relief of Hekate from Stockstadt

A fragmentary red sandstone relief preserves the upper part of three-headed Hekate holding a long object in her left hand.

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