Mitchell, Sir Arthur, on a barbarous cure for murrain in Scotland, x. 326
Mithr, Armenian fire-god, x. 131 n. 3
Mithra, Persian deity, popularity of his worship in the Rotnan Empire, v. 301 sq.;
identified with the Unconquered Sun, v. 304;
his nativity on December 25th, v. 304
Mithraic mysteries, initiation into the, xi. 277
—— religion a rival to Christianity, v. 302;
festival of Christmas borrowed from the, v. 302 sqq.
—— sacrifice of bull, viii. 10
Mithridates, his siege of Cyzicus, viii. 95 n. 2