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by GreenHeuristics 2036 days ago
Mithraists, in Norway, 1200 years ago?
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Sure why not, they were in the british isles in the 5th century. I only used it as an example because I'm reading a book about them atm. ;)
Mithraism was present in England only because Roman soldiers from else in the Empire were stationed there (the Roman army was the major factor in the spread of Mithraism). However, no Roman soldiers ever set foot in Norway, so no, it is not a reasonable hypothesis that Mithraism existed in Norway in the first millennium.