Mithraistické album z Viruna a jeho význam pro studium mithraismu

CHALUPA, Aleš. Mithraistické album z Viruna a jeho význam pro studium mithraismu (Mithraic album from Virunum and Its Importance for the Study of Mithraism). Religio. Revue pro religionistiku. 2006, vol. 14, No 2, p. 243-258. ISSN 1210-3640.

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

• Original language: Czech
• Type of outcome: Article in a journal
• Field of Study: 60300 6.3 Philosophy, Ethics and Religion
• Country of publisher: Czech Republic
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14210/06:00017423
• Organization unit: Faculty of Arts
• Keywords in English: Mithraism - album from Virunum

Abstract

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

Abstract (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.