The god who slays the bull in a cave with the sun watching
Warning
The initiation has seven grades and they are not for show
Resonance
Soldiers those bound by an oath those who keep a covenant
Symbols
BullTorchPhrygian cap
Mythology Summary
Mithras is the Persian god of the covenant who becomes, in the Roman mysteries, the figure who kills a bull in a cave while the sun and moon look on, and through whose blood the world is renewed. His cult was the soldier's religion of the empire, with seven grades of initiation and no women.
Modern Practice
Mithras is called on for loyalty, for initiation and by those bound by an oath. His practice is the grade passed and the covenant kept, and the Roman form excluded women.