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A particular divinity (yazata) in Zoroastrianism and later Iranian history and culture, the hypostasis of "contract", "oath". examples
(rare, esoterica, hyperforeign) Roman Mithras. quotations
(English language translation of a French text) / The cult of Mithra had been spread by soldiers and had thrived particularly in the frontier provinces of the empire.
1991, Robert Schilling, "Roman Religion", Roman and European Mythologies, UChicago Press, p. 67.
The Roman Mithra was best known for his act of slaying a bull; yet there is no indication that the Iranian Mithra ever made his way into a bullpen for any reason. The Roman Mithra didn't appear at all interested in contract enforcement or escorting demons into hell.
2008, James Patrick Holding, Shattering the Christ Myth, Xulon Press, page 202