Mitra
Mitra is the name of an Indo-Iranian divinity that emerged from the Rigvedic Mitrá and Avestan Mithra. This Proto-Indo-Iranian deity's name and characteristics subsequently influenced numerous other religious figures across different cultures and time periods.
↻ synthesized from 21 sources
When
- First attested
- 1500 BCE
- Attested period
- -1500 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Proto-Indo-Iranian divinity attested in Rigvedic and Avestan traditions, influencing later religious figures across multiple cultures.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Maitreya, Apollo-Helios-Mithras-Hermes-Stilbon, Brahma, Vishnu, Rudra, Aśvins, Oðinn, Veles, Vṛtra, Þór, Grian, Vahagn, Hvare-khshaeta, Ahura Mazda, Şêşims, Sulis, Tvashtr, Dhatr, Aruṇa, Sanjna, Indra-Vishnu, horses, Śiva, Vīrabhadra, Pūṣan, Tvashtr, Savitr, Vasus, Adityas, Saranyu, Arka, Manu, Prajapati, Vishnu, Brihaspati, Saraswati, Savitri, Shri-Lakshmi, Tvashtri, Pushan, Daksha, Vamana, Asikni, Diti, Vivasvan, Śakra, Dhata, Savitar, Aryamā, Pūṣā, Tvaṣṭā, Ila, Vaivasvata Manu, Ikshvaku, Shraddha, Kardama, Kaśyapa, Apah, Viraj, Mitra–Varuṇa, Bhaga, Aryaman, Aditi, Amsha, Sons of Aditi, Varuna, Cyclops, Hecatoncheires, Saturn, Iuventas, Terminus, Lua, Vidura, Dhritarashtra, Marut, God, Zeus, Zojz, Helios, Khors, Agni, Soma, the Ashvins, Yama, Visvedevas, Parjanya, Jupiter
- aspect of
- Adityas
- sibling of
- Tvaṣṭā, Vishnu, Sūrya, Savitr, Dhata, Indra, Amsha, Aryaman, Bhaga, Vivasvat, Dhatri, Mārtanda, Varuna
- has aspect
- Mithra
- child of
- Aditi
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Vedic Mitra is a prominent deity of the Rigveda distinguished by a relationship to Varuna, the protector of rta...patron divinity of honesty, friendship, contracts and meetings...first extant record of Indo-Aryan Mitra...c. 1400 BC”
#3883 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“In the Rigveda, the gods Varuna and Mitra once perform a yajna (fire-sacrifice), when Urvashi arrives in front of them. As a result of her infidelity, Mitra curses Urvashi to become the wife of a mortal man.”
#8138 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“This Varuṇa, the leader of the rite, and the royal Mitra and Aryaman, uphold my acts, and the divine unopposed Aditi, earnestly invoked: may they convey us safe beyond evil.”
#13702 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Either it is the relationship Perun – Veles as the type Mitra – Varuna, that is, opposition within the internal polarity of the I. function. This possibility basically corresponds to the vegetational interpretation of Golema (alternation of human and non-human in nature), otherwise this possibility was thought through the most especially by A. Gieysztor, who sees in Perun a Mitra-like figure.”
#14777 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Mitra, rules over Anuradha nakshatra they are the peacekeepers of this world.”
#15509 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001