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Mithra ((アヴェスター語:𐬀𐬭𐬚𐬌𐬨) ''Miθra'', ''Miça'') is the Zoroastrian angelic Divinity (''yazata'') of Covenant and Oath. In addition to being the Divinity of Contracts, Mithra is also a judicial figure, an all-seeing Protector of Truth, and the Guardian of Cattle, the Harvest and of The Waters. The Romans attributed their Mithraic Mysteries (the Mystery Religion known as Mithraism) to Persian or Zoroastrian sources relating to Mithra. ==Etymology== Together with the Vedic common noun ''mitra'', the Avestan common noun ''miθra'' derives from proto-Indo-Iranian '' *mitra'', from the root ''mi-'' "to bind", with the "tool suffix" ''-tra-'' "causing to." Thus, etymologically ''mitra''/''miθra'' means "that which causes binding", preserved in the Avestan word for "Covenant, Contract, Oath". In Middle Iranian languages (Middle Persian, Parthian etc), ''miθra'' became ''mitr'', from which New Persian ''mihr'', Wanetsi and Wazirwola (Pashto) ''mērə''/''myer'', and Armenian ''mihr''/''mher'' ultimately derive. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mithra」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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