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Mithraism was an Eastern Mystery religion popular among the Roman Empire Army before the rise of Christianity which was introduced to Rome by the Silician Pirates. Mithras comes from the Vedic god Mitra, who was part of the dual god Varuna-Mitra, Vanura was called Asura and then Ahura-Mazda, while Mitra was separated between Mithra and Ahriman, who was the evil twin brother of Ahura-Mazda.
It's probably that the Mithraic cult was an underground Magi (Proto-Zoroastrian Iranian Pagans) cult worshiping Ahriman. Ahriman killed the prime bull Gavaevodata and the most famous image of Mithras is him killing a bull, the seven degrees of initiation may have represented the 7 archons/planets underneath the Chief Archon, Yahweh/Yaldabaoth. Many Mithraeums had statues of lion-faced man-serpents, very likely representing the Chief Archon, and in fact at least one was recovered with an inscription identifying the figure as Ahriman, who is also called Angra Mainyu.
It's probably that the Mithraic cult was an underground Magi (Proto-Zoroastrian Iranian Pagans) cult worshiping Ahriman. Ahriman killed the prime bull Gavaevodata and the most famous image of Mithras is him killing a bull, the seven degrees of initiation may have represented the 7 archons/planets underneath the Chief Archon, Yahweh/Yaldabaoth. Many Mithraeums had statues of lion-faced man-serpents, very likely representing the Chief Archon, and in fact at least one was recovered with an inscription identifying the figure as Ahriman, who is also called Angra Mainyu.
