a question about Mithras?

Question

The roman Savior God Mithras.

I already know that the romans took Mithras from persia (the Zoroasterian god Mithra)
But the romonized version of Mithras, would he be the son of Ahura mazda still, or the Son of Jupiter?

Thanks very much!

Mithras is a God and Many People still worship Him.

He deserves to be here just as much as any other God!

Answer 1

You might try Mythology and Folklore.

Answer 2

That would depend on the context in which they're worshipping him. If he's being worshipped as a Persian god, then he'd be the son of Ahura. If worshipped as a Roman god, then it would be as the Son of Jupiter.

Its nothing unusual. Throughout the ages, many cultures have adopted each others gods and twisted their worship to their own purposes.

Think about it. Basically, in the Roman pantheon, all the gods are exactly the same gods as the Greeks had with different names and some minor differences in story and method of worship.

its what people do. Its the same way that the story of Mithras has been corrupted to serve the Christian ideal of Jesus. The story is still basically the same, with minor differences (like the name).

Answer 3

Heard of Mithrasm but never looked it up.

Short excerpt from source below:
The point is to give the reader a warning, to be on the lookout any time a critic makes some claim about Mithraism somehow being a parallel to Christianity. Check their sources carefully. If, like Acharya S, they cite source material from the Cumont or pre-Cumont era, then chances are excellent that they are using material that is either greatly outdated, or else does not rely on sound scholarship (i.e., prior to Cumont; works by the likes of King, Lajard, and Robertson).
Mithraic scholars, you see, do not hold a candle for the thesis that Christianity borrowed anything philosophically from Mithraism, and they do not see any evidence of such borrowing, with one major exception: "The only domain in which we can ascertain in detail the extent to which Christianity imitated Mithraism is that of art."

Answer 4

I thought some of the Christians took some beliefs from the worhsippers of Mithras.