Sunday, June 15, 2003

Continuation To Mithraism

Did You Know:
- the word "Metropolitan", means the city of Mitra or the city of the Sun and was known to mean the capital city!
- the name of the city Milan, Italy comes from the word Mehrayns or Mirans which were the centers of Mithraism in the ancient world.
-the names of the weeks in English have their roots in the Mithraism and the Persian language,
eg: * Mahshid (god of moon), Monday
* Bahramshid (day of TeeVis), Tuesday
* Titshid (the Vedin day), Wednesday
* Berjisshid (Tour day), Thursday
* Nahidshid (god of firtility), Friday
* Keyvanshid (day of Saturn), Saturday
* Mehrshid (day of Sun), Sunday

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