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Mithraistické album z Viruna a jeho význam pro studium mithraismu

Title in English Mithraic album from Virunum and Its Importance for the Study of Mithraism
Authors

CHALUPA Aleš

Year of publication 2006
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Religio. Revue pro religionistiku
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Arts

Citation
Field Philosophy and religion
Keywords Mithraism - album from Virunum
Description This article presents a translation of the so-called Virunum album (found near Klagenfurt, Austria), a bronze plaque commemorating two important moments in the life of local Mithraic community and also registering names of its members. This monument, although not very spectacular at first sight, provides us with some important insights into Mithraic cultic life and its social structure: (a) it seems to support the former views about the importance of solstices in Mithraic eschatology; (b) it raises the possibility that Mithraic grades were transferable from one community to another; (c) it proves (with some degree of certainty) that a Mithraic community, when its members became too numerous, split and a new cell was founded.

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