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Text from the Great Magical Papyrus of Paris
The "Mithras Liturgy" is a text from the Great Magical Papyrus of Paris, part of the Greek Magical Papyri, numbered PGM IV.475–829. Albrecht Dieterich
Mithras_Liturgy
Mystery religion in the Roman Empire
Mithraism, also known as the Mithraic mysteries or the Cult of Mithras, was a Roman mystery religion focused on the god Mithras. Although inspired by
Mithraism
Zoroastrian divinity of covenant, light, and oath
perceptions of Zoroastrian ideas. Several characteristics of the later Roman Mithras are present in the Avesta. The tenth book of Yashts shows the deity's close
Mithra
Etymology of the name
name "Mithra" as an indeclinable foreign word. In later antiquity, the Greek name of Mithras (Μίθραϲ) occurs in the text known as the Mithras Liturgy, part
Mithras_(name)
Body of papyri from Graeco-Roman Egypt
the 18th century onward. One of the best known of these texts is the Mithras Liturgy. The texts were published in a series. Individual texts are referenced
Greek_Magical_Papyri
Classical story of Cupid and Psyche
invoked with "Providence" (Pronoia) at the beginning of the so-called Mithras Liturgy. In late antiquity, the couple are often shown in a "chin-chuck" embrace
Cupid_and_Psyche
Terms of psychiatry
to blow on earth. Jung found a direct analogue of this idea in the "Mithras Liturgy", from the Greek Magical Papyri of Ancient Egypt—only just translated
Collective_unconscious
Similarities and differences of the Roman cult of Mithras and other religions
article on Mithraism in comparative mythology and comparative theology. See Mithraic mysteries for the main article. The Roman cult of Mithras had connections
Mithraism in comparison with other belief systems
Mithraism_in_comparison_with_other_belief_systems
Chaldean Herkate, a goddess described in the Chaldean Oracles
aspects similar to those in the Greek Magical Papyri's so-called "Mithras Liturgy", while also incorporating mythological and philosophical elements
Chaldean_Hekate
German philologist (1866-1908)
liturgy of the Mithras Cult. His theory was met with skepticism and criticized by several scholars in regards to the Mithraic origin of the liturgy.
Albrecht_Dieterich
Greek god and personification of the Sun
also assimilated with Mithras in some of the Papyri, as he was by Emperor Julian. The Mithras Liturgy combines them as Helios-Mithras, who is said to have
Helios
German classical philologist (1869-1915)
Mithrasliturgie (by Albrecht Dieterich; 2nd edition by Wünsch in 1910) – A Mithras Liturgy. Mutter Erde: ein Versuch über Volksreligion (by Albrecht Dieterich;
Richard_Wünsch
Spanish historian, author and professor (born 1955)
of The Iberian Peninsula (Entre fenicios y visigodos). Aion (deity) Mithras Liturgy Emerita Augusta Parabiago plate Romanization (cultural) Instituto Cervantes
Jaime_Alvar_Ezquerra
American historian
"Context Matters". Review of Biblical Literature. Review of The "Mithras Liturgy": Text, Translation and Commentary, by Hans Dieter Betz. —— (2007)
John_Gee
Most important liturgy of Zoroastrianism
The Yasna liturgy is the most important liturgy of Zoroastrianism. It is performed daily during the Havan Gah by reciting the Yasna text. It belongs to
Yasna_(liturgy)
American academic
Fortress Press. ISBN 9780800660314. OCLC 31899998. ——— (2003). The "Mithras Liturgy": text, translation, and commentary. Studien und Texte zu Antike und
Hans_Dieter_Betz
Aspect of ancient Iranian society
reflect a desire to appropriate the image of local solar deities, including Mithras, and the legitimacy this conferred on the rulers in the eyes of their non-Greek
Religion in the Parthian Empire
Religion_in_the_Parthian_Empire
Zoroastrian compendium of sacred literature
used during the Videvdad liturgy. This liturgy is an extension of the Visperad liturgy, itself an extension of the Yasna liturgy. The text consists of 22
Avesta
Highest deity of Zoroastrianism
compared to light, and Arimanius to darkness and ignorance; between these was Mithras the Mediator. Arimanius received offerings that pertained to warding off
Ahura_Mazda
Zoroastrian service and liturgical collection
Avestan name of both a text within the Avesta collection and of the Yasna liturgy, Zoroastrianism's principal act of worship. The function of the yasna ceremony
Yasna
Zoroastrian hymns
they form the central part of the Zoroastrian High Liturgies like the Yasna and Visperad Liturgy. The name Yasna Haptanghaiti (Avestan: 𐬫𐬀𐬯𐬥𐬀
Yasna_Haptanghaiti
Zoroastrian religious hymn
is the tenth hymn of the 21 Yashts and is dedicated to the veneration of Mithra. It belongs to the so called Great Yashts and, with 145 stanzas, it is one
Mihr_Yasht
Zoroastrian liturgy
The Long Liturgy is a framework, which interprets the main Zoroastrian liturgies, like the Yasna, the Visperad and the Videvdad, as variants of a single
Long_Liturgy
Comparative mythology study of Jesus
Jesus, Mithras was seen as a divine saviour, but, unlike Jesus, Mithras was not believed to have brought his salvation by suffering and dying. Mithras was
Jesus in comparative mythology
Jesus_in_comparative_mythology
Texts related to the Iranian religion
Zend. The former category can be further subdivided into long and short liturgies. The following list of manuscripts is taken from Andrés-Toledo 2015. Yasna
Zoroastrian_literature
Zoroastrian Daeva of wrath
the saoshyant (Yasht 19.95), but in the present the fiend flees before Mithra (Yasna 57.10; Yasht 10.97). The demon's opposition to Sraosha is also reflected
Aeshma
Zoroastrian collection of texts within the Avesta
extant Avesta collection. It is assumed that its use within the Videvdad liturgy guaranteed its survival to this day. In the sources, the text is variously
Vendidad
Evil figure in Iranian legend
Yenghe hatam Long Liturgies Visperad (Visperad liturgy) Vendidad (Vendidad liturgy) Vishtasp Sast (Vishtasp Yasht) Yasna (Yasna liturgy) Yasna i Rapithwin
Zahhak
Zoroastrian religious hymn
Yenghe hatam Long Liturgies Visperad (Visperad liturgy) Vendidad (Vendidad liturgy) Vishtasp Sast (Vishtasp Yasht) Yasna (Yasna liturgy) Yasna i Rapithwin
Ram_Yasht
Zoroastrian funerary ritual
Zoroastrianian rituals Long liturgies Visperad liturgy Vendidad liturgy Vishtasp Yasht Yasna liturgy Yasna i Rapithwin Short liturgies Afrinagan Dron Yasht Gāh
Sagdid
Collection of Zoroastrian hymns
Zoroastrian divinities. Although they may have originally been part of a High Liturgy, in current practice, they can be recited by both lay people and priests
Yashts
Avestan name of the Zoroastrian divinity of "Obedience" or "Observance"
title. Yasht 11 - like the other direct Yashts also - is not part of the liturgy of the Avesta proper. Yasht 11 has survived in a fragment of the Hadhokht
Sraosha
Zoroastrian religious ceremony
Visperad, or simply Visperad, is one of the main variants of the Long Liturgy, the main ritual of Zoroastrianism. It is based on the Yasna ceremony,
Yasht_i_Visperad
the Zoroastrian divinities associated with the Sun (Hvare-khshaeta and Mithra), the Moon (Mah), the Waters (Aban and Anahita) and Fire (Atar). The Niyayishns
Niyayishn
Proposed pre-Islamic religion of the Kurds
Yezidi figure that has many features in common with the Old Iranian God Mithra, such as being associated with the Sun, playing an important role in Oaths
Yazdânism
Avestan language name of Zoroastrianism's demon of drought
Yenghe hatam Long Liturgies Visperad (Visperad liturgy) Vendidad (Vendidad liturgy) Vishtasp Sast (Vishtasp Yasht) Yasna (Yasna liturgy) Yasna i Rapithwin
Apaosha
Iranian king
Yenghe hatam Long Liturgies Visperad (Visperad liturgy) Vendidad (Vendidad liturgy) Vishtasp Sast (Vishtasp Yasht) Yasna (Yasna liturgy) Yasna i Rapithwin
Jamshid
Zoroastrian Daeva of corpse matter
Yenghe hatam Long Liturgies Visperad (Visperad liturgy) Vendidad (Vendidad liturgy) Vishtasp Sast (Vishtasp Yasht) Yasna (Yasna liturgy) Yasna i Rapithwin
Nasu_(Zoroastrianism)
Sacred hymns of Zoroastrianism
manuscripts containing the liturgies in which they are recited. The most important of these liturgies is the Yasna liturgy and modern editions therefore
Gathas
Ritual implement used by Zoroastrian priests
Zoroastrian tradition, the second chapter of the Yasna liturgy is named the Barsom Yasht. As a part of the liturgy, it is not however part of the Yasht collection
Barsom
Zoroastrian religious text
like the Gathas and the Yasna Haptanghaiti and may have been the original liturgy of the early Zoroastrian community. In the Sasanian Avesta, which is now
Staota_Yesnya
Zoroastrian religious text and ceremony
Yasna i Rapithwin belongs to the so called Long Liturgies, like the Yasna or Visperad. These liturgies are characterized by a core of Old Avestan material
Yasna_i_Rapithwin
Zoroastrian text within the Avesta
have any internal unity, but are only used within the Yasht i Visperad liturgy, where they are individually inserted into the text of the Yasna. The name
Visperad
Iranian prophet and spiritual founder of Zoroastrianism
presiding over the coronation of either Ardashir I or II. Now identified as Mithra it was mistakenly believed to be Zoroaster and directly inspired a widely
Zoroaster
Legendary mountain in the Avesta
Alborz mountain range in Iran. In the Avesta, Mount Hara is the home of Mithra. In later texts like the Bundahishn, it appears as a center of the world
Hara_Berezaiti
identification, and in the liturgy recited on the third day after death she is invoked with Rashnu, Sraosha "Obedience" and Mithra "Covenant", together the
Arshtat
Primordial bovine of Zoroastrian cosmogony and cosmology
Yenghe hatam Long Liturgies Visperad (Visperad liturgy) Vendidad (Vendidad liturgy) Vishtasp Sast (Vishtasp Yasht) Yasna (Yasna liturgy) Yasna i Rapithwin
Gavaevodata
Religion of the Indo-Iranian peoples
Indo-Iranian Background of the Avestan and Vedic Liturgies: On the Occasion of the Volume Aux sources des liturgies indo-iraniennes, éd. par Céline Redard, Juanjo
Proto-Indo-Iranian_religion
Zoroastrian religious hymn
Yenghe hatam Long Liturgies Visperad (Visperad liturgy) Vendidad (Vendidad liturgy) Vishtasp Sast (Vishtasp Yasht) Yasna (Yasna liturgy) Yasna i Rapithwin
Zamyad_Yasht
of History at the University of Leicester 27 December 2012 The Cult of Mithras Greg Woolf, Professor of Ancient History at the University of St Andrews
List of In Our Time programmes
List_of_In_Our_Time_programmes
Zoroastrian religious term
Yenghe hatam Long Liturgies Visperad (Visperad liturgy) Vendidad (Vendidad liturgy) Vishtasp Sast (Vishtasp Yasht) Yasna (Yasna liturgy) Yasna i Rapithwin
Nerangestan
Sacred utterance or prayer used in Zoroastrianism
Yenghe hatam Long Liturgies Visperad (Visperad liturgy) Vendidad (Vendidad liturgy) Vishtasp Sast (Vishtasp Yasht) Yasna (Yasna liturgy) Yasna i Rapithwin
Manthra_(Zoroastrianism)
Zoroastrian religious term
The structure and position of the Long Liturgy within the Zoroastrian ritual system". Aux sources des liturgies indo-iraniennes. Liège: Presses Universitaires
Yasht
Zoroastrian divinity of Victory
martial victory. Together with Čistā, Verethragna is a principal companion of Mithra (Mihr Yasht 10.70). Several sections of the Bahram Yasht also appear in
Verethragna
Mythological Iranian king
Yenghe hatam Long Liturgies Visperad (Visperad liturgy) Vendidad (Vendidad liturgy) Vishtasp Sast (Vishtasp Yasht) Yasna (Yasna liturgy) Yasna i Rapithwin
Keyumars
Historical region in Central Asia
Yenghe hatam Long Liturgies Visperad (Visperad liturgy) Vendidad (Vendidad liturgy) Vishtasp Sast (Vishtasp Yasht) Yasna (Yasna liturgy) Yasna i Rapithwin
Turan
National history of pre-Islamic Iran
Yenghe hatam Long Liturgies Visperad (Visperad liturgy) Vendidad (Vendidad liturgy) Vishtasp Sast (Vishtasp Yasht) Yasna (Yasna liturgy) Yasna i Rapithwin
Iranian_national_history
Zoroastrian religious hymn
Yenghe hatam Long Liturgies Visperad (Visperad liturgy) Vendidad (Vendidad liturgy) Vishtasp Sast (Vishtasp Yasht) Yasna (Yasna liturgy) Yasna i Rapithwin
Ardwahisht_Yasht
Seven zones of Earth in the Avesta
Yenghe hatam Long Liturgies Visperad (Visperad liturgy) Vendidad (Vendidad liturgy) Vishtasp Sast (Vishtasp Yasht) Yasna (Yasna liturgy) Yasna i Rapithwin
Karshvar
Zoroastrian initiation ritual
and repercussions. An individual from a lay family is addressed in the liturgy as a behdin, "follower of the [good] religion". This may be distinguished
Navjote
Zoroastrian religious text
ceremony. This liturgy consisted of the Wishtasp Sast text intercalated into the Yasna and Visperad. It was therefore similar to the Vendidad liturgy, where the
Wishtasp-sast_nask
Zoroastrian benevolent divinity
Yenghe hatam Long Liturgies Visperad (Visperad liturgy) Vendidad (Vendidad liturgy) Vishtasp Sast (Vishtasp Yasht) Yasna (Yasna liturgy) Yasna i Rapithwin
Tishtrya
Zoroastrian religious manuscripts
is the pomegranate tree, which is used during the Hom Stom in the Yasna liturgy. Other motives include animals like horses or birds. In addition, there
Avestan_manuscripts
Negative entity in Zoroastrianism
Yenghe hatam Long Liturgies Visperad (Visperad liturgy) Vendidad (Vendidad liturgy) Vishtasp Sast (Vishtasp Yasht) Yasna (Yasna liturgy) Yasna i Rapithwin
Aka_Manah
Ethnic group from the early history of the Iranian peoples
Yenghe hatam Long Liturgies Visperad (Visperad liturgy) Vendidad (Vendidad liturgy) Vishtasp Sast (Vishtasp Yasht) Yasna (Yasna liturgy) Yasna i Rapithwin
Turya_(Avesta)
Zoroastrian mythological location
are thought to be guardians of the Chinvat Bridge: Sraosha (Conscience), Mithra (Covenant) and Rashnu (Justice). Alternate names for this bridge include
Chinvat_Bridge
Major branch of Protestantism
is a Western Christian tradition which developed from the practices, liturgy and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation
Anglicanism
Zoroastrian religious term
Yenghe hatam Long Liturgies Visperad (Visperad liturgy) Vendidad (Vendidad liturgy) Vishtasp Sast (Vishtasp Yasht) Yasna (Yasna liturgy) Yasna i Rapithwin
Herbedestan
Deity in the Indo-Iranian pantheon
through the Zoroastrian liturgies. The creator-god status is also seen in a hymn in honour of the Vedic Apām Napāt. Alongside Mithra, Apąm Napāt maintains
Apam_Napat
Zoroastrian religious hymn
Yenghe hatam Long Liturgies Visperad (Visperad liturgy) Vendidad (Vendidad liturgy) Vishtasp Sast (Vishtasp Yasht) Yasna (Yasna liturgy) Yasna i Rapithwin
Ard_Yasht
Zoroastrian religious ceremony
Zoroastrianian rituals Long liturgies Visperad liturgy Vendidad liturgy Vishtasp Yasht Yasna liturgy Yasna i Rapithwin Short liturgies Afrinagan Dron Yasht Gāh
Yasht_i_Gahan
Zoroastrian religious hymn
Yenghe hatam Long Liturgies Visperad (Visperad liturgy) Vendidad (Vendidad liturgy) Vishtasp Sast (Vishtasp Yasht) Yasna (Yasna liturgy) Yasna i Rapithwin
Vahishtoishti_Gatha
Important prayer in Zoroastrianism
Literacy and Orality - Manuscripts and Performance of the Zoroastrian Long Liturgy". Oral Tradition. 35 (2). Gershevitch, Ilya (1976). "The Sogdian Fragments
Ashem_vohu
Mythological homeland of the early Iranians
specifically in the Mihr Yasht. Therein, verse Yt. 10.13 describes how Mithra reaches Mount Hara and overlooks the Airyoshayana (Avestan: airyō.šayana
Airyanem_Vaejah
Zoroastrian religious hymn
Yenghe hatam Long Liturgies Visperad (Visperad liturgy) Vendidad (Vendidad liturgy) Vishtasp Sast (Vishtasp Yasht) Yasna (Yasna liturgy) Yasna i Rapithwin
Vohukhshathra_Gatha
Avestan language name of Zoroastrianism's demoness of "lasciviousness."
Yenghe hatam Long Liturgies Visperad (Visperad liturgy) Vendidad (Vendidad liturgy) Vishtasp Sast (Vishtasp Yasht) Yasna (Yasna liturgy) Yasna i Rapithwin
Jahi
Publishers, 1995, p. 9 Roll, p. 107 Beck, Roger (2006). The Religion of the Mithras Cult in the Roman Empire: Mysteries of the Unconquered Sun. Oxford University
Date_of_the_birth_of_Jesus
Zoroastrian deava
they are connected with a number of positive figures like Verethragna and Mithra. Darmesteter 1880, p. Introduction IV.34: " Indra, a name or epithet of
Indar
Zoroastrian religious ceremony
number of different occasions. A variant is celebrated during the Long Liturgies, like the Yasna, where it is known as Srosh Dron. It also forms the basis
Dron_Yasht
Zoroastrian religious hymn
yashts were once part of a High Liturgy called Bagan Yasn. This liturgy would have been a so called intercalation liturgy. This means that, like the Vendidad
Frawardin_Yasht
Iranian mythical king and hero from the Pishdadian dynasty
Yenghe hatam Long Liturgies Visperad (Visperad liturgy) Vendidad (Vendidad liturgy) Vishtasp Sast (Vishtasp Yasht) Yasna (Yasna liturgy) Yasna i Rapithwin
Fereydun
Zoroastrian religious hymn
Yenghe hatam Long Liturgies Visperad (Visperad liturgy) Vendidad (Vendidad liturgy) Vishtasp Sast (Vishtasp Yasht) Yasna (Yasna liturgy) Yasna i Rapithwin
Spentamainyu_Gatha
Esoteric beliefs in the Eastern world
esoteric are the same (kenmitsu funi). In the exegesis of the esoteric liturgies of the Lotus Sutra, they are presented by the encyclopedist as the "secret
Eastern_esotericism
Prayer in Zoroastrianism
divine. As a result, there is no clear distinction between prayers and liturgy in Zoroastrianism. During the Old Iranian period, an important type of
Zoroastrian_prayer
Character from the Iranian nation history
Yenghe hatam Long Liturgies Visperad (Visperad liturgy) Vendidad (Vendidad liturgy) Vishtasp Sast (Vishtasp Yasht) Yasna (Yasna liturgy) Yasna i Rapithwin
Iraj
Iranian goddess
Verses from Yasht 5 also form the greater part of the Aban Nyashes, the liturgy to the waters that are a part of the Khordeh Avesta. According to Nyberg
Anahita
Inexplicable or secret religious phenomena
consecrated bread and wine of the Eucharist are one sacrament, the Divine Liturgy refers to the Eucharist as the Mysteries, in the plural. Orthodox Christians
Sacred_mysteries
Royal title in Ancient Mesopotamia
sometimes called kosmōkrator, including Zeus, Helios, Hermes, Serapis, and Mithras. In the Orphic Hymns, kosmōkrator is prominently applied to the nature
King_of_the_Universe
Important prayer in Zoroastrianism
theological exegesis of the Airyaman ishya is not embedded in the Yasna liturgy itself. Like the Yenghe hatam, the third of the four manthras, the Airyaman
Airyaman_ishya
Subfield of linguistics
The structure and position of the Long Liturgy within the Zoroastrian ritual system". Aux sources des liturgies indo-iraniennes. Liège: Presses Universitaires
Avestan_studies
Iranian religion founded by Zoroaster
section of the Avesta called the Yasna, which forms the core of Zoroastrian liturgy. Zoroaster's religious philosophy divided the early Iranian gods of Proto-Indo-Iranian
Zoroastrianism
Early history of the Iranian peoples
is found in the Staota Yesnya, the central part of Zoroastrinian High Liturgies such as the Yasna and the Visperad. The Staota Yesnya consists of the
Avestan_period
Zoroastrian religious ceremony
The Vishtasp Yasht was one of the variants of the Long Liturgy, the main ritual of Zoroastrianism. It is no longer performed, but its structure can be
Vishtasp_Yasht
Zoroastrian religious hymn
Yenghe hatam Long Liturgies Visperad (Visperad liturgy) Vendidad (Vendidad liturgy) Vishtasp Sast (Vishtasp Yasht) Yasna (Yasna liturgy) Yasna i Rapithwin
Gosh_Yasht
Collection of Zoroastrian prayers
Modern scholarship sometimes classifies them as belonging to the short liturgies. Several versions of the Afrinagan ceremony exist depending on the occasion
Afrinagan
Figure from the Iranian national history
Yenghe hatam Long Liturgies Visperad (Visperad liturgy) Vendidad (Vendidad liturgy) Vishtasp Sast (Vishtasp Yasht) Yasna (Yasna liturgy) Yasna i Rapithwin
Jamaspa
Zoroastrian religious hymn
Ahunavaiti Gatha never appears individually but always within the Long Liturgies, in particular the Yasna. As a result, the Gathas are edited as part of
Ahunavaiti_Gatha
Part of Zoroastrian worship
of worship that accompanies the recitation of the Yasna liturgy. As described in the liturgy that accompanies the procedure, the rite constitutes a symbolic
Ab-Zohr
Character from the Iranian nation history
Yenghe hatam Long Liturgies Visperad (Visperad liturgy) Vendidad (Vendidad liturgy) Vishtasp Sast (Vishtasp Yasht) Yasna (Yasna liturgy) Yasna i Rapithwin
Tur_(Shahnameh)
Mythical king and hero of Turan
Yenghe hatam Long Liturgies Visperad (Visperad liturgy) Vendidad (Vendidad liturgy) Vishtasp Sast (Vishtasp Yasht) Yasna (Yasna liturgy) Yasna i Rapithwin
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