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In both cultures, he is distinguished by his close relationship with the god who rules over the asuras (Iranic ahuras) and protects rta (Iranic asha): Varuna in India and Ahura Mazda in Iran.
The Hellenistic and Roman god Mithras, worshipped by male initiates from the 1st century BC to the 5th century AD4th century 5th century 6th century other centuries) Events Rome sacked by Visigoths in 410. Attila the Hun conquers large parts of Europe, threatens to attack Rome in 452 Vandals conquer Carthage in 439, sack Rome in 455 At some point after 440, the Angl, combined the Persian Mithra with other Persian and perhaps AnatoliaAnatolia ( Greek ανατολη anatole for "rising of the sun" or "East"; compare " Orient" and " Levant", by popular etymology Turkish Anadolu to ana "mother" and dolu "filled"), also called by the Latin name of Asia Minorn deities in a syncreticSyncretism is the attempt to reconcile disparate, even opposing, beliefs and to meld practices of various schools of thought. It is especially associated with the attempt to merge and analogize several originally discrete traditions, especially in the the cult.
The Indo-Iranian word *mitra- could have two meanings:
A general meaning of "alliance" might adequately explain both alternatives. The second sense tends to be emphasized in Indic sources, the first sense in Iranian.
The earliest known occurrence of the name Mitra is in a treaty inscription, ca 1400 BC, established between the HittitesHittites is the conventional English-language term for an ancient people who spoke an Indo-European language and established a kingdom centered in Hattusa (the modern village of Bogazkoy in todays's north-central Turkey), through most of the second millen and the HurrianThe Hurrians were a people of the Ancient Near East, who apparently entered Mesopotamia from the north before 2500 BC and established themselves as rulers of small kingdoms in northern Mesopotamia and Syria. The largest and most influential Hurrian nation kingdom of the MitanniThe Mitanni were a people of Indo-Aryan origin who ruled a vast kingdom (with a common Hurrian population) in West Asia in the second millennium BC. Mitanni arose near the sources of the Khabur River in upper Mesopotamia sometime after 1500 BC. It was a f in the area southeast of Lake VanLake Van (in Turkish Van Gol is the largest lake in Turkey, located in the far east of the country. It is a saline lake with no outlet, receiving water from numerous small streams that descend from the surrounding mountains. The lake is 120 km long, 80 km. The treaty is guaranteed by five Indo-Iranian gods: Indra, Mitra, Varuna and the twin horsemen, the Ashvins or Nasatya . The Hurrians, it appears, were being led by an aristocratic warrior caste worshipping these gods.