The New Mithraeum Database tagged with mithras-sagittarius

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

For the launch of our YouTube channel, we chat with the author, poet, essayist and friend Peter Mark Adams about the Sola-Busca Tarot, a Renaissance masterpiece, uncovering ties to the Mithras cult.

Extract from a documentary about the cult of Mithras.

This is a reconstruction of the 2nd level initiation, the Nymphus or male bride.

Video report in Hungarian by the Aquincum Museum on the Mithraic discoveries in the region.

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

TNMM167 – CIMRM 390

The altar of Ptuj depicts Mithras and Sol on the front and the water miracle on the right side.

TNMM255 – CIMRM 1584, 1585

The Tauroctony relief of Neuenheim, Heidelberg, includes several scenes from the deeds of Mithras and other gods.

TNMM205 – CIMRM 1283

This relief is so well-known that it has been reproduced in nearly every handbook of archaeology and of history of religions.

TNMM198 – CIMRM 1083

The Tauroctony of Saarbourg (Sarrebourg, ancient Pons Sarravi), France, contains most of Mithras deeds known in a single relief.

TNMM114 – CIMRM 966, 967