#mitras

To be honest? I can't decide what I want to write about haha. Hence why I did the polls. I probably write about all of them and just make the fanfiction a little shorter (like 5 chapters each).

Barry Windsor-Smith, Mitras, 1979. Pen and ink, watercolor, colored pencil. In Opus, vol. 1 (Fantagraphics, 1999).

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Nickname: None lol. People just call me by my name. But a lot of people I made friends with tease me with the name Lilith it's a long story.

Star Sign: Pisces ♋

Height: 5'3 i think????

Last film i watched: Spiderman:FFH in the theaters but i recently watched No country foroldmen and honestly shook

Favorite musicians: I dont have any favorites tbh but idk Halsey, Billie Eilish, Lady Gaga, TS, Little Mix, Fifth Harmony,Martin Garrix, Aviicii, Zed, Mabel, idunno i likepretty much everything that makes top charts vvvv basic taste in music

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What am I wearing: right now i am in the comforts of my home so i am wearing a grey t-shirt dress which has a small heart on the side with nothing else. But i was wearing a white shirt with embroidered flowers this morning with slim fit jeans and shoes so yeah

Favourite food: Burgers, Kadhi Khichdi, Jalebi, Muthiya, Khandvi, Handvo, chocolates and icecream (if you are in india try eating zulubar from havmor i swear they serve that thing in heavens jfc its so tasty good god)

Dream job: i just really really wanna be a librarian, its weird xD. But on amore realistic note lawyer, journalist, someyhing related to AI, or even an English professor will do. Idk i am not ambitious in terms of what exactly i want to do. I just want to be really good at whatever i do.

Dream trip: I have never even been on an airplane guys so honestly fly me anywhere i will come with you. Tho i really really want to go to Greece and wear a white maxi with straw hat and stroll those lovely streets. Yeah i use pinterest way too much that anyone sane should.

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Mithras, Heroic god of light

The god worshiped by the Roman cult of the Mithraic mysteries, a mystery religion that was practiced in the Roman Empire from about the 1st to the 4th century CE. To the Romans, the mysteries were regarded as having originated from Persian or Zoroastrian sources and then brought to Rome as some sort of exotic religion, and in fact, a god/being named Mithras does exist in both Zoroastrian and Vedic mythologies as bringers of light and order, but they bear little resemblance to the Roman god in many aspects including depictions, stories, rituals and so on. Mithras is characterized mainly by sculptures and structures dedicated to the god found by archeologists, but without any written record detailing the mysteries having been found to this day, almost nothing is known for sure about any of it, and lots of speculation, educated guesses and misinformation runs rampant about the god even among scholars. Among the sculptures found, three of them are pretty well known, the first one, depicting the god slaying a bull as a sacrifice under the watch of the gods Sol and Luna, the second one depicting him having a celebratory banquet with Sol over the bull's hide, and the last one depicting his birth, emerging as a fully grown adult completely naked from a chunk of rock. His temples, little private underground chambers called "Mithraeum" were rich with symbols of the sun, moon, star and zodiacal signs, leading many to believe that the religion had strong astrological connotations. Mithra himself was portrayed as a young man dressed in typical Anatolian clothing, with a Phrygian cap, usually holding a knife or a torch, and with a cape emblazoned with the stars on the inside. To join the cult you had to be initiated in it through some connections and by passing some tests. Only men were allowed to join, with the cult being especially popular among the Roman military. It's early secretive origins were also very similar to the early days of Christianity in the Roman Empire at the same time, with both religions, along with many others, competing to claim December 25th as a day of celebration to their own gods. This and some other facts has lead some scholars to claim the two religions were actually early rivals, although many dismiss this as too big of a stretch to make.

Mitras is the capital city, located within Wall Sina. It’s the location of royal residences and governmental buildings. 

The Underground is something we discussed quite a bit about three years ago but I’m not sure we came to any conclusions. 

In ACWNR “the underground” is a “vast city” directly below the capital (Mitras) (where all the palaces and royals are).In the manga, it is first presented as an abandoned development of a city below Stohess, a much more modest town, 200+ kilometer from the capital.The place the refugees of Wall Rose are taken to in chapter 51 is called the “underground city inside of Wall Sheena” and no specific location is given.

In Ch65, Kenny’s sister is working at a brothel in “the underground city”. Again, making it sound like an active community with people and businesses.

So you see it’s a bit of a worldbuilding mess. I think in the end we decided there might be multiple undergrounds, one below Mitras and another below Stohess.There may be others. Given how extensive the Reiss Cavern was, I wouldn’t be surprised at all.