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 | | The Persian Mithra apparently was the prototype for the Roman god Mithras, which became the object of a popular mystery religion in the Roman Empire; see Mithraism. |
 | | As the protector of truth and the enemy of error, Mithra occupied an intermediate position in the Zoroastrian pantheon as the greatest of the yazatas, the beings created by Ahuramazda to aid in the destruction of evil and the administration of the world. |
 | | As a god who gave victory, Mithra was prominent in the official cult of the first Persian empire, where the seventh month and the sixteenth day of other months were consecrated to him. |
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