The New Mithraeum Database

Jean Varenne. — Zarathushtra et la tradition mazdéenne, coll. « Maîtres spirituels », n° 35, Éditions du Seuil, Paris, 1966, 181 p. — Vouloir tracer en moins de deux cents pages un tableau complet de la tradition mazdéenne est certes une …

W. Blawatsky et G. Kochelenko, Le culte de Mithra sur la côte septentrionale de la Mer Noire. Leyde, E. J. Brill, 1966. 1 16 X 24 cm, 36 pp., 1 carte, 16 pli., 1 frontispice (Études PRÉLIMINAIRES AUX RELIGIONS ORIENTALES DANS L'EMPIRE VIII). Prix : …

Très intelligente petite étude du dualisme et plus précisément d'un de ses deux principes, celui du mal, conduisant des peuples primitifs aux Bogomiles et aux Cathares, par l'Iran ancien, le satan de la tradition judéo-chrétienne, la gnose et le man…

W. Vollgraff, Une inscription gravée sur un vase cultuel mithriaque. Extrait de : Mededelingen der Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen. Afd. Letterkunde. Nieuwe Reeks, Deel 18, N° 8, pp. 205-218, 2 figg. et 1 pi. Prix : 1,25 fl. Un ré…

Ernest Renan suggested that without the rise of Christianity, we might all have embraced the cult of Mithras. Nevertheless, it has had a lasting influence on secret societies, religious movements and popular culture.

Intervention de Richard Veymiers, directeur du Musée royal de Mariemont et Laurent Bricault, de l'Université Toulouse Jean-Jaurès.

We propose to revisit a passage by the prolific author Marteen Vermaseren that highlights correspondences today forgotten between the Roman Mithras and its Eastern counterparts.

Tracing the links between the cult of Mithras and the Proud Boys’ quest for identity, power, and belonging. How ancient rituals and brotherhood ideals resurface in radical modern movements.

Laurent Bricault has revolutionised Mithraic studies with the exhibition The Mystery of Mithras. Meet this professor in Toulouse for a fascinating look at the latest discoveries and what lies ahead.

Laurent Bricault révolutionne les études mithriaques avec l’exposition Le Mystère Mithra. Rencontre à Toulouse avec ce professeur pour une plongée fascinante dans les dernières découvertes sur ce culte invincible.

This marble slab bears an inception be the Pater Proficentius to whom Mithras has suggested to build and devote a temple.

TNMM437 – CIMRM 423

The relief of Mithras slaying the bull at Mauls in Gallia cisalpina is a paradigmatic example of the so-called Rhine-type Tauroctony.

TNMM476 – CIMRM 1400

This relief of Mithras killing the bull includes various singular features specific to the Danubian area.

TNMM797 – CIMRM 1973

This remarkable Greek marble relief of Mithras killing the bull was discovered in 1705 and remained in private collections until it was bought by the Louvre.

TNMM793 – CIMRM 408, 409

The relief of Palazzo Colonna, Rome, depicts a lion-headed figure holding a burning torch in his outstretched hands.

TNMM317 – CIMRM 383

The Aion / Phanes relief, currently on display in the Gallerie Estensi, Moneda, is associated with two Eastern mysteric religions: Mithraism and Orphism.

TNMM327 – CIMRM 695, 696

This white marble relief of Mithras killing the bull was found on the Esquilino near the Church of Saint Lucy in Selci in Rome.

TNMM146 – CIMRM 368

In this relief of Mithras as bull slayer, recorded in 1562 in the collection of A. Magarozzi, Cautes and Cautopates have been replaced by trees still bearing the torches.

TNMM125 – CIMRM 335

This white marble relief depicting a lion-headed figure from Ostia is now exposed at the Musei Vaticani.

TNMM440 – CIMRM 314, 315