THE MYSTERIES OF MITHRA
INDEX
A |
| Absolutism, theory of, 90, 101 |
| Abstinence, 160. |
| Adam-Klissi, 43. |
| Adige, river, 73. |
| Adriatic, Mithraism along the coasts of the, 67. |
| Æon, 105 et seq. (See Kronos.) |
| Agri Decumates, 52, 83, 199. |
| Ahriman, 7, 112, 137, 140; the destruction of the world by, 146. |
| Ahura-Mazda, 5 et seq., 20, 27, 94, 113, 222. |
| Alexander the Great, 12, 20, 192. |
| Alexandria, 92. |
| Alps, Mithraism in defiles of the, 72. |
| Amshaspands, 2, 5. |
| Anâhita, 8 et seq., 10, 20, 179 et seq. |
| Anaïtis, 112. |
| Anangke, 111. |
| Anauni, tribe of the, 206. |
| Animal disguises, 153. |
| Animals and stars, 122. |
| Antiochus of Commagene, 13, 14, 26, 27, 95. |
| Apathy, stoic, 161. |
| Apotheosis of the emperors, 90 et seq. |
| Apuleius, 164. |
| Apulum, 45, 139. |
| Aquileia, Mithraism in, 67 et seq., 73, 213. |
| Aquincum, 46. |
| Arcana, the secrecy of the, 172. |
| Archer, the divine, 138, 197, 228. |
| Arete, 112. |
| Aristocracy and Mithraism, the Roman, 81 et seq., 205. |
| Ark, 138. |
| Armenia, Mithraism in, 16. |
| Armenians, religion of the, 16. |
| Army, the principal agent of the diffusion of the Mithraic religion, 40 et seq. |
| Arshtât, 5. |
| Artagnes, 111. |
| Artaxerxes, 8, 9. |
| Artemis Tauropolos, 20. |
| Art, Mithraic, 24, 200 et seq. intricacy of, 221; symbolism of, 227; its influence on Christian sculpture, 196; Christianity adopts symbols of, 228. |
| Art of the empire, provincial, 219. |
| Ascension, Mithraic, 194. |
| Asceticism, 141. |
| Asha, 112. |
| Ashi-Vañuhi, 5. |
| Asia Minor, Mithraism in, 11 et seq.; resists the civilization of Rome, 35. |
| Asia Propria, 79 |
| Asia, religions of, and the Cæsars, 91. |
| Astarte at Rome, 34. |
| Astrolatry, 10. |
| 230 |
| Astrologers, 78, 85. |
| Astrology, 119, 125, 207. |
| Atar, 112. |
| Athena Nike, 210. |
| Atlas, 123. |
| Attis, 87, 105, 179, 198. |
| Aurelian, 88, 103, 185, 199. |
| Aurelius, Marcus, 37. |
| Austerities, 160. |
| Avesta, the, 1 et seq. |
B |
| Ba'al, 42. |
| Baal of Emesa, 185. |
| Babylon, Mithraism in, 9, 10, 119. |
| Bacchus, 112. |
| Bactrian coins, 19. |
| Banquets, sacred, 173. |
| Baptism, 6, 157, 190, 173. |
| Baresman, 6, 26. |
| Basil, St., 28. |
| Bavay, 56. |
| Bear, title of, 153. |
| Bee, lion and, 185. |
| Bêl, 10. |
| Belgium, early school of sculpture of, 220. |
| Bellona, 35, 87. |
| Bell, sounding of a, 166. |
| Bethlehem, 195. |
| Bithynia, 79. |
| Blood, baptism of, 181. |
| Bologna, 151. |
| Bonn, 52. |
| Borghesi bas-relief, 21. |
| Boulogne, 56. |
| Bread and water, consecrated, 158. |
| Brenner pass, 73. |
| Britain, Mithraism in, 57 et seq., 79. |
| Brotherhoods, Mithraic, organization of, 168. |
| Brothers, 190. |
| Brunn, 214. |
| Bull, capture of the wild, 132, 135 et seq., 210; immolation of the mythical, 182; the Evil Spirit and the, 137; the divine, 146, 194. |
| Bundahish, 7. |
| Burial associations, 86. |
C |
| Caërleon, 57. |
| Cæsarism, democratic fiction of, 90. |
| Cæsars, intimate alliance of, with the Sun, 98 et seq.; religions of Asia and the, 91; the successive Avatars of Helios (the Sun), 100; Mithraism favored the pretensions of the, 101. |
| Cæsar, the genius of, 93. |
| Calabria, 71. |
| Caligula, 93. |
| Capitol, bas-relief of, 81. |
| Cappadocia, Magi and Mithraism in, 26, 28, 42, 43, 46, 76. |
| Carnuntum, 38, 46, 47 et seq., 83, 88, 89, 163, 178, 200. |
| Catechumens, Christian, 155. |
| Catharsis, 141. |
| Cause, the suprasensible, 118. |
| Cauti, 129. |
| Cautopati, 129. |
| Caves, consecrated to the gods, 30. |
| Celibacy, 165. |
| Celsus, 82. |
| Cemetery, Mithraic, 171. |
| 231 |
| Centurions, a microcosm of the empire, 40, 41. |
| Ceramists, Hellenic, 225. |
| Ceremonial, the occult, 162 et seq. |
| Chaldæans, theology of the, 10; as astrologers, 78, 95; theories, influence of their, 119. |
| Chester, 57. |
| Chosroes, vi. |
| Christ, 193, 195. |
| Christianity, battle between idolatry and, iii et seq.; struggle between Mithraism and, 188 et seq.; resemblances between Mithraism and, 193; differences between Mithraism and, 197; adopts symbols of Mithraic art, 228. |
| Christians, persecutions of, 200. |
| Christmas, 167, 191, 196, 202. |
| Chrysostomos, Dion, 25. |
| Church ornaments during the days of paganism, 218. |
| Cilicia, pirates of, 31, 35, 37, 42. |
| Clergy, Mithraic, 150 et seq., 165. |
| Cologne, 52. |
| Coloring of Mithraic statues, 219. |
| Colt, title of, 153. |
| Commagene, 41, 43, 178. |
| Commandments of Mithraism, 140. |
| Commerce, international, 79. |
| Commodus, 38, 83, 87, 97, 212. |
| Communion, the Mithraic, 158 et seq., 194. |
| Compromise, Mithraic policy of, 198. |
| Conflagration, 138. |
| Congregations, Mithraic, 169. |
| Constantine, 200. |
| Constantius, 201. |
| Constellations, worship of the Planets and the, 148. |
| Continence, 41. |
| Conventicles, the Mithraic, 171. |
| Corbulo, 47. |
| Creator, Mithra the, 137. |
| Crown, the, 156. |
| Ctesias, 9. |
| Cybele, 17, 30, 87, 112, 179. |
D |
| Dacia, Mithraism in, 44 et seq., 139, 199. |
| Dadophori, 57. (See Torchbearers.) |
| Dalmatia, 40, 76. |
| Danube, 44, 51. |
| Darkness, the Spirit of, and his pestilential scourges, 137. |
| Day and night, struggle between, 4. |
| Dead, resurrection of the, 191. |
| Dea Syria at Rome, 35. |
| Deities, sidereal, 120; septuple division of the, 155. |
| Deliverance, 143. |
| Deluge, 138. |
| Despotism, 90, 91 et seq. |
| Destiny, 95, 109, 110, 124. |
| Devotees, Mithraic, 150 et seq. |
| Diadochi, Mithraism and the, 11 et seq. |
| Diana, 112. |
| Diocletian, vi, 48, 89, 98, 200. |
| Dioscuri, the, 123 et seq. |
| Disc, the radiant, 100. |
| Divine flame, 26. |
| Dog of Mithra, the, 135, 137. |
| Dolichenum, 178. |
| 232 |
| Dolichenus, Jupiter, 36, 48, 178, 190. |
| Dormagen, 52. |
| Drave, Mithraism in valley of the, 73. |
| Drvâspa, 112. |
| Dualism, advantages of, 141. |
E |
| Earth, mother, 115. |
| Ecliptic, 107. |
| Egypt, a theocratic government, 91. |
| Eisack, 73. |
| Elements, the four, 116 et seq., 148. |
| Elijah, 228. |
| Emperors, titles of, 97; worship of the, 90 et seq., 184. |
| Equinoxes, 167. |
| Erichthonios, birth of, 225. |
| Eternity, leontocephalous god of, the most original creation of Mithraic art, 224. |
| Etruria, 67, 72. |
| Eubulus, 82. |
| Eugenius, 205. |
| Europe, in danger of being Asiaticized, vi. |
| Eutropius, 44. |
| Evil Spirit and the Bull, the, 137. |
F |
| Fatalism, 97, 147. |
| Fatality, 95, 109; belief in, 124. |
| Fates, 111. |
| Father, degree of, 152 et seq. |
| Father of the Fathers, 165, 177. |
| Festivals, Mithraic, 167. |
| Fire, 114; the inextinguishable, 99. |
| Flavianus, Nicomachus, 205. |
| Fleet at Ravenna, 46. |
| Flood, 191. (See Deluge.) |
| Fortuna regia, 97. |
| Fortune, 94 et seq., 102, 111. |
| Four Crowned Ones, passion of the, 218. |
| France, Mithraism in, 69. |
| Freemasonry, 162. |
| Friedberg, 52. |
| Friedländer, 217. |
| Future life, 144. |
G |
| Galatia, 79. |
| Galerius, 89, 200. |
| Gâthas, 150. |
| Gaul, Mithraism in, 69 et seq., 79. |
| Generative Rock, the, 131 et seq., 194. |
| Geneva, 56, 70. |
| Genius of Cæsar, the, 93. |
| George the patriarch, 202. |
| Germanies, Mithraism in the two, 50 et seq., 52 et seq., 78. |
| Gigantomachy, 112, 113, 127. |
| Gilding, 220. |
| Glory, 94 et seq. |
| God, 187. |
| God, the passion of the, 192. |
| Gods, Iranian, worshipped under Greek and Latin names, 175. |
| Good and evil, the struggle between the principles of, 146. |
| Good, principle of, 148. |
| Gordianus III., 18, 32. |
| Gracchus, the prefect, 203. |
| Grace (halo), 94 et seq.; the Mithraic spirit of, 147. |
| Gratian, 205. |
| Greeks and Persians, iii. |
| 233 |
H |
| Hadrian, 40, 46; wall of, 57. |
| Haoma, 6, 112, 131, 158. |
| Heaven, 109, 191, 197. |
| Heavens, the, 121, 138. |
| Heddernheim, 53 et seq., 117. |
| Heidelberg, 55. |
| Helbig, 214. |
| Heliogabalus, 185. |
| Heliolatry, 184 et seq., 200. |
| Helios, 22, 138, 222. |
| Hell, 191, 206. |
| Hellenism, Iranism and, 20. |
| Heracles, C. Valerius, 105. |
| Hercules, 20, 111, 127, 222. |
| Hierarchy, the, 165. |
| Holy water, 157. |
| Honey, 157. |
| Hooerkes, 19. |
| Horeb, rock of, 197. |
| Horses, the four, 116 et seq. |
| Human couple, the first, 137. |
| Hvarenô, 94 et seq., 102. |
I |
| Iconography, Mithraic, 226. |
| Idolatry, destruction of, 201. |
| Imagery, religious, 216. |
| Immortality, 143. |
| Initiates, the Mithraic, 155. |
| Initiation, 6; seven degrees of, 152; cruelty of the ceremonies of, 161. |
| Invictus, the epithet, 98. |
| Invincible, the epithet, 97 et seq., 143. |
| Iranism and Hellenism, 20. |
| Iran, naturalism of, 119. |
| Ishtar, 10. |
| Isis, Mysteries of, 178; at Rome, 34. |
| Italy, depopulated, 64; Mithraism in, 38, 70 et seq. |
J |
| Janes, S. H., 176. |
| Jerome, St., 152. |
| Jerusalem, capture of, 37. |
| Jesus, life of, 194. |
| Jewish community trans Tiberim, 37. |
| Journey, the, 135. |
| Judaism, iv. |
| Julian the Apostate, 89, 201 et seq. |
| Juno, 111. |
| Jupiter, 110, 136. |
| Jupiter-Ormazd, 140, 146. |
| Kanerkes, 19. |
| Klagenfurt, 113. |
| Kronos, 105 et seq., 153, 162, 222, 223, 227. |
L |
| Lambæse, 58. |
| Lampridius, 78, 83. |
| Last Supper, the, 138. |
| Latin world, diffusion of the Mithraic religion in the, 36. |
| Legio II adjutrix, 46. |
| Legion, fifteenth, 47 et seq. |
| Leontocephalous Kronos. (See Kronos.) |
| Licinius, 89. |
| Life, a battle, 140; beyond the tomb, 148. |
| Lion and bee, 185. |
| Lion, degree of, 152. |
| Lion-headed Kronos. (See Kronos.) |
| Liturgy Mazdean and Mithraic, 6, 150 et seq. |
| 234 |
| Livianus, slave of T. Claudius 38. |
| Logos, the, 140, 191. |
| London, 57, 217. |
| Lord's Supper, the, 138, 158, 191. |
| Love feasts, 160. |
| Lucania, 71. |
| Lucian, 27, 82, 220. |
| Luna, 112. (See Moon.) |
| Lyons, 60, 69. |
M |
| Mâ 30, 180. |
| Macrobius, 187. |
| Magician, the word, 126. |
| Magi, the official Persian clergy, 9; in Asia Minor, 11 et seq., 20; propaganda of, 15; adoration of the, 195. |
| Magus, the title, 126. |
| Malachi, 193. |
| Manichæans, the, 165. |
| Manichæism, v, 207. |
| Man, origin and destiny of, 120. |
| Mars, 112. |
| Martyrs, Oriental, 175. |
| Masks, sacred, 153. |
| Mater, Magna, at Rome, 19, 34, 67; Mithraism associated with, 86 et seq., 179 et seq. (See Mother, Great.) |
| Mauls, 73. |
| Maximus of Ephesus, 202, 203. |
| Mayence, 52. |
| Mazdaism, ritual forms of, 28; priests of, 29; its influence on Occidental culture, iv; a congeries of traditions, 10; in Italy, 15; in Armenia, 16. (See Mithraism.) |
| Mediator, 140, 191. |
| Memphis, Mithra at, 33. |
| Men, Mithra and, 17. |
| Merchants disseminate Mithraism, 78. |
| Mercury, 112. |
| Metempsychosis, 153. |
| Metroon, 179, 182. |
| Middle Zone, 127. |
| Mihragân, the, 9. |
| Milan, 72. |
| Minerva, 112, 181. |
| Missal, a Mithraic, 152. |
| Mithra-Ahura, 2, 6. |
| Mithra-Anâhita, 17. |
| Mithra-Men, 17. |
| Mithra, the god of light, 2 et seq., 127 et seq.; as god of hosts and victory, 4, 8, 12; doctrine of redemption by, 5; a yazata, 5 et seq.; in the calendar, 8, 27; Shamash and, 10; King Antiochus and, 14; typical representations of, 21 et seq.; the tauroctonous, 21 et seq., 210, 216; legends and deeds of, 30, 127 et seq., 133; the invincible Sun identified with, 95, 121, 132; the mediator, 127 et seq.; the triple, 129; born from the rock, 130 et seq.; his combat with the bull, 132, 135 et seq., 210; his dog, 135, 137; the creator, 137, 140; the guide to heaven, 145; causing the living waters to leap forth, 197, 228. |
| Mithradates, the name. (See Mithridates.) |
| Mithræums, ruins of, 203. |
| Mithraism, the origins of, 1 et seq., 30; a composite religion, 31; |
| 235 |
| analysis of the constituent elements of, 30; Semitic theories in, 10; religious survivals in, 30; struggle between Christianity and, v, 188 et seq.; resemblances between Christianity and, 193; differences between Christianity and, 197; dissemination of, in the Roman Empire, 33 et seq.; army principal agent of diffusion of, 40 et seq., 60, 77, 78; disseminated by Syrian merchants and slaves, 61 et seq., 63 et seq., 69, 74 et seq., 78; imperial officers disseminated, 74 et seq.; the Roman aristocracy and, 81 et seq., 205; the imperial power of Rome and, 85 et seq.; reasons the Roman Empire supported it, 88 et seq.; despotism and, 91 et seq.; favored the pretensions of the Cæsars, 101; dogmatology of, tended to lift princes above the level of humankind, 102; at its apogee, 15, 84 et seq., 88 et seq., 177, 199; the doctrines of, 104 et seq.; its theology, 105 et seq.; astrology and, 125; its liturgy, clergy and devotees, 150 et seq.; the religions of the empire and, 175 et seq.; importance of its history, vi; philosophy and, 25; the Stoic philosophy and, 25; excluded from the Hellenic world, 33; Roman tolerance of, 85; associated with the religion of the Magna Mater (Great Mother), 86 et seq.; legal status of, 86; sacred poetry of, 126; commandments of, 140; a religion of soldiers, 142; satisfied the hearts of the simple-minded, 148; allurements of, 149; conforms religion to ancient science, 149; offers opportunities for prayer and motives for veneration, 149; the religious expression of the physics and astronomy of the Roman world, 149; admission to, 156; stupendous illusions of, 173; women and, 173; its priests, 175; its policy of compromise, 198; its temples sacked, 199, 203; downfall of, 203 et seq.; its art, sculpture, etc., 209 et. seq.; monuments of, 43 et seq., 209 et seq.; not a cult of beauty, 226. |
| Mithrakana, the, 9, 167. |
| Mithridates, 13. |
| Mithridates Eupator, 31. |
| Mitra-Varuna, 2. |
| Mœsia, Mithraism. in, 40, 43, 74. |
| Monachism, Mithraic, 165. |
| Monarchical power, Mazdean ideas concerning, 95. |
| Monarchs, majesty of, sacred, 93. |
| Monotheism, 87, 188. |
| Moon, worship of the, 119. |
| Mosaicists, Christian, 222. |
| Moses, 197, 228. |
| Mothers, order of, 179. |
| Mother, the Great, 19. (See Mater, Magna.) |
| 236 |
| Mysteries, the term, 29. |
| Myths, origin of, 187. |
N |
| Nabarze, 142, 143, 150. |
| Nama, Nama Sebesio, 151. |
| Names, theophorous or god-bearing, 8, 34. |
| Narbonne, 69. |
| Natalis invicti. (See Christmas.) |
| Nativity, the, 196. |
| Naturalism of Iran, 119. |
| Necessity, 126. |
| Necromancy, 125. |
| Neo-Platonism, 184. |
| Neo-Pythagorism, 184. |
| Neptune, 111, 115. |
| Nero, 85, 93. |
| Nersæ, 38, 71. |
| Neuenheim, 55. |
| Neuwied, 52. |
| Nike, 112. |
| Noricum, Mithraism in, 49, 73, 75, 113. |
| Numidia, Mithraism in, 59. |
O |
| Oblations of milk, oil, and honey, 26. |
| Occult, degree of, 152. |
| Ocean, 109, 115. |
| Officers, imperial, disseminate Mithraism, 74 et seq. |
| Oglia, river, 72. |
| Oneiromancy, 125. |
| Orestes, 20. |
| Oriental, cults, persecutions of the, 85; genius, triumphs over the Roman mind, 90; traffic, extension of, and spread of Mithraism, 69, 70. |
| Ormazd, v, 7, 111. |
| Osrhoene, 36. |
| Osterburken, 51, 220. |
| Ostia, 38, 66, 68, 105, 179, 210, 212. |
| Ox, title of, 153. |
P |
| Pallas, 82. |
| Pannonia, Mithraism in, 46 et seq., 74, 199; quarries of, 218. |
| Pantheism, 149; solar, 188. |
| Pantheon, Mithraic, 109. |
| Paradise, 191. |
| Pâreñdî, 5. |
| Parseeism, development of, 15. |
| Parthians, 42, 47, 64. |
| Pergamon, 12; School of, 24, 192, 210. |
| Persian, degree of, 152. |
| Persians and Greeks, iii. |
| Persians, their apotheosis of their rulers, 93. |
| Petronell, 163. |
| Pharaohs, incarnations of the great day-star, 92. |
| Philippus, 88. |
| Philosophical conceptions, 148. |
| Philosophy and Mithraism, 25. |
| Phrygian cap, 131. |
| Piræus, 33. |
| Planets, 222; deified, 120 et seq.; and the Constellations, worship of the, 148. |
| Plutarch, 7, 36, 37, 96. |
| Pluto, 112. |
| Pompey, 37. |
| Pontiff, the chief, 165. |
| Pontus, 42. |
| Porphyry, 155, 158. |
| Pozzuoli, 64. |
| Prætextatus, 187. |
| Priesthood, Mazdean, 29. |
| Priests of Mithra, 175; slain, 205. |
| 237 |
| Pronaos, 170. |
| Ptolemies, 93. |
| Ptolemy, 10. |
| Purification, 181. |
| Purity, 141. |
| Puster-Thal. 73. |
Q |
| Quadriga, 116, 118, 138. |
R |
| Râ, 92. |
| Radiate crown, 99. |
| Rashnu, 5. |
| Raven, degree of, 152 et seq. |
| Ravenna, fleet at, 46. |
| Redeemer, the, 193, 195. |
| Redemption, 143. |
| Resurrection of the flesh, 146, 171, 191, 206. |
| Revelation, 191. |
| Réville, Jean, 17. |
| Rhætia, 73. |
| Rhone, 69 et seq. |
| Ritual of Mazdaism, 28. |
| Rock, Mithra born from the, 130 et seq.; of generation, 194. |
| Roman aristocracy, Mithra and, 81 et seq. |
| Roman Emperors and theocracy, 90. |
| Roman tolerance of Mithraism, 85. |
| Rome, 210, 217; Mithraism at, 79 et seq.; the capital of paganism, 205. |
| Runner of the Sun, degree of. 152 et seq. |
S |
| Sabazius-Anaïtis, 17. |
| Sacraments, 156, 157, 206. |
| Sacred bath, 180. |
| Sacrifice, the, 137, 166. |
| Sæculum, (See Kronos.) |
| Samson, 228. |
| Sarmizegetusa, 45, 142, 216. |
| Sarrebourg, 56, 204. |
| Sassanian kings, 100. |
| Saturn, Mithraic, 105 et seq. (See Kronos.) |
| Scarbantia, 49. |
| Schneider, Von, 214. |
| Schwarzerden, 56. |
| Scorpion, sign of the, 129. |
| Scotland, 43. |
| Sculpture, Mithraic, 196, 215; ancient, 226. |
| Seasons, the, 115, 121, 222. |
| Sebesio, Nama, Nama, 151. |
| Seleucidæ, the, 95. |
| Semitic theories in Mithraism, 10. |
| Serapis at Rome, 34. |
| Services, Mithraic, 162. |
| Seven spheres, the, 144. |
| Seven, the number, 120 et seq., 154. |
| Severus, Alexander, 18, 61, 78, 88. |
| Shahrîvar, 112. |
| Shamash, 10, 20, 121, 127, 128. |
| Shepherds, worship of the, 32, 194. |
| Sicily, Mithraism in, 68. |
| Sidereal influences, 206. |
| Silvanus, 66, 112, 136, 137. |
| Sisters, order of, 179. |
| Skeleton, Chained, 204. |
| Slaves, Asiatic, disseminated Mithraism and other Oriental cults, 63 et seq., 70, 71, 78. |
| Smyrna, 214. |
| Societies, Mithraic, 170. |
| 238 |
| Sodalicia, 168, 171. |
| Solar, divinities, 99, 121; pantheism, 188. |
| Soldier, degree of, 152; Roman his religion, 42 et seq. |
| Soldiers, the principal agent of the diffusion of the Mithraic religion, 40 et seq., 78. |
| Sol invictus, cult of the, 89. |
| Sol the sun-god, 186. |
| Soul, immortality of, 143, 191. |
| Spain, Mithraism in, 59, 60, 79. |
| Spelæa, 161. |
| Speñta-Armaîti, 111. |
| Sraosha, 5. |
| Stars, worship of, 119; animals and, 122. |
| Statius, 37. |
| Stoic philosophy, Mithraism and the, 25, 184. |
| Stone-hewing industry of antiquity, 217. |
| Strabo, 11, 26. |
| Strassburg, 52. |
| Sunday, 101. |
| Sun, worship of the, 118, 183 et seq.; the invincible, identified with Mithra, 95, 121; Mithra and the, 132; intimate alliance of the Cæsars with the, 98 et seq.; consubstantiality of the emperor with, 101; birth of the, 167; of justice, 193; custom of invoking the, 195; also 128, 138, 148, 201. |
| Symbolism, astronomical, 130. |
| Syncretism, religious, 10-22, 187. |
| Syrian merchants disseminated Mithraism, 61 et seq. |
| Syrians, character and occupations of, 62 et seq. |
T |
| Tarsus, 31, 32. |
| Taurobolium, 86, 180. |
| Tauroctonous, or bull-slaying, Mithra, the, 21 et seq. |
| Taurus, constellation of, 129. |
| Temples sacked, Mithraic, 199, 203. |
| Tertullian, 157, 165, 188. |
| Themis, 111. |
| Theocracy, Roman emperors and, 90. |
| Theodosius, 205. |
| Theologies, of the Orient and the philosophies of Greece, 14; the Mithraic, 147. |
| Theophorous, or god-bearing, names, 8, 34. |
| Thiasi, 155. |
| Time, 148, 153; boundless, 105 et seq.; infinite, 112, 121. (See Kronos.) |
| Titus, 47, 64. |
| Torch-bearers, 57, 68, 128 et seq., 211 et seq. |
| Toronto Mithra, the, 176. |
| Trajan, 44, 48, 64. |
| Trapezus, coins of, 18. |
| Trent, 73. |
| Treves, 56. |
| Trials, 160. |
| Trinity, v, 176; Mithraic, 111. |
| Triple Mithra, the, 129. |
| Twigs, sacred (baresman), 6, 26. |
| Tyche, 94 et seq. |
U |
| Unction, 157. |
V |
| Vanaiñiti, 112. |
| Vedas, 1 et seq. |
| 239 |
| Vendidad, the, 26. |
| Venus, 112, 181. |
| Venusia, 71. |
| Verethraghna, 5, 20, 127, 222. |
| Vespasian, 46, 47, 77. |
| Veterans disseminate Mithraism, 77. |
| Vienna, 49. |
| Villa Albani, 212. |
| Virunum, 50, 73, 113, 199, 218. |
| Vulcan, 112, 114. |
W |
| Water, 114. |
| West, 7. |
| Winds, the, 197, 222, 223. |
| Witchcraft, 125. |
| Women in Mithraism, 173. |
| World, origin and destiny of the, 109, 120, 140. |
Y |
| Yazatas, 5 et seq., 175. |
| York, 57. |
Z |
| Zeno, 25. |
| Zervan, 105 et seq., 125. (See Kronos.) |
| Zeus, 111, 222; Ahura-Mazda and, 20. |
| Zodiac, signs of the, 109, 121 et seq., 153, 223. |
| Zoroaster, 152. |
| Zoroastrianism, 2 et seq., 8, 165. (See Mithraism.) |