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Mehr: The Sun of Benevolence in the Realm of Mithraism

2024-03-26

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Mehr is associated with Mithra, a deity in ancient Indo-Iranian religion and later in Zoroastrianism. Mithra, sometimes spelled as Mehr or Mithras in different contexts, was a god of the sun, light, and contracts in ancient Persian and Vedic mythology. Mehr in Persian has multiple meanings and associations. It primarily refers to the Sun in Persian and symbolizes light, warmth, vitality, and divine illumination. M...

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Literature Corpus work: ad6f89d5-8ce0-5237-9c09-dbe109ed1915
DOI: 10.22541/au.171148981.12471265/v1

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