What Might Cognitive Science Contribute to Our Understanding of the Roman Cult of Mithras?

• Authors: CHALUPA Aleš
• Year of publication: 2011
• Type: Article in Proceedings
• Conference: Past Minds: Studies in Cognitive Historiography
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Arts
• Field: Philosophy and religion
• Keywords: Cognitive Science; Mithraism; Transmission of Religious Ideas
• Description: The article tries to evaluate possible contribution of cognitive historiography to the explanation of sudden appearance of the Mysteries of Mithras and their rapid dissemination.

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