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Mithraistické album z Viruna a jeho význam pro studium mithraismu

CHALUPA, Aleš

Basic information

Original name

Mithraistické album z Viruna a jeho význam pro studium mithraismu

Name (in English)

Mithraic album from Virunum and Its Importance for the Study of Mithraism

Authors

CHALUPA, Aleš (203 Czech Republic, guarantor)

Edition

Religio. Revue pro religionistiku, 2006, 1210-3640

Other information

Language

Czech

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

60300 6.3 Philosophy, Ethics and Religion

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/06:00017423

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

Keywords in English

Mithraism - album from Virunum
Změněno: 15/6/2007 15:40, Mgr. Aleš Chalupa, Ph.D.

Abstract

ORIG EN

V originále

Tento článek je překladem textu obsaženého na tzv. mithraistickém albu z Viruna.

In English

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.