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Dr. Kalyan:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Mithras as the constellation Persius killing Taurus the bull; Mithras is accompanied by a dog, a snake, a raven, and a scorpion, is shown in the act of killing a bull url "Dating from around the 15th century BC, Mithraism emerged in ancient Persia. 'Mihr' (the Persian form of Mithras) was the word not only for the Sun but also for a friend; and that seems to be how this pagan god was originally worshipped - as both supreme sun god and god of love." [Quest for the Past]See the Cosmic mysteries of Mithras by David Ulansey <b>"During...the 'Age of Taurus,' lasting from around 4,000 to 2,000 B.C., the celestial equator passed through Taurus the Bull (the spring equinox of that epoch), Canis Minor the Dog, Hydra the Snake, Corvus the Raven, and Scorpio the Scorpion (the autumn equinox): that is, precisely the constellations represented in the Mithraic tauroctony (bull-slaying)."</b>Â url<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Dr. Kalyan:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Mithras as the constellation Persius killing Taurus the bull; Mithras is accompanied by a dog, a snake, a raven, and a scorpion, is shown in the act of killing a bull url "Dating from around the 15th century BC, Mithraism emerged in ancient Persia. 'Mihr' (the Persian form of Mithras) was the word not only for the Sun but also for a friend; and that seems to be how this pagan god was originally worshipped - as both supreme sun god and god of love." [Quest for the Past]See the Cosmic mysteries of Mithras by David Ulansey <b>"During...the 'Age of Taurus,' lasting from around 4,000 to 2,000 B.C., the celestial equator passed through Taurus the Bull (the spring equinox of that epoch), Canis Minor the Dog, Hydra the Snake, Corvus the Raven, and Scorpio the Scorpion (the autumn equinox): that is, precisely the constellations represented in the Mithraic tauroctony (bull-slaying)."</b>Â url<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->