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Zoroastrianism and Ancient Iranian Religion
The Origins of the Mithraic Mysteries
Cosmology and Salvation in the Ancient World
- First published1989
- TraditionZoroastrianism
- Shelf65 books
Ulansey argues that the bull-slaying scene of Mithraism is a star map and that the cult arose from the discovery of the precession of the equinoxes. The book is a leading example of the astronomical interpretation of Mithraism. Its thesis is stimulating but contested.
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