Michael P. Speidel

Speidel's work is an interesting extension for those interested in Mithraism, by no means it will exploit all the interesting topoi, nor elucidate the essence of Mithraism - yet, yet! That is not the purpose here. This work will represent and attempt to prove some fascinating tenets, as following: That the Bull-slaying scene is the procession of summer constellations from Taurus to Scorpus; That Mithras is the Orion constellation, The the Myth of Orion merged with the Oriental Mithra; Recommended as a side-read to other core-texts on Mithraism.… (más)

Speidel's work is an interesting extension for those interested in Mithraism, by no means it will exploit all the interesting topoi, nor elucidate the essence of Mithraism - yet, yet! That is not the purpose here. This work will represent and attempt to prove some fascinating tenets, as following: That the Bull-slaying scene is the procession of summer constellations from Taurus to Scorpus; That Mithras is the Orion constellation, The the Myth of Orion merged with the Oriental Mithra; Recommended as a side-read to other core-texts on Mithraism.… (más)