origins of the cult. Cautes holds a burning torch pointed up, whereas Cautopates holds a burning torch pointed down. Cautopates is usually depicted on...
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Mithraism (section Rituals and worship)
iconography of Cautes and Cautopates: The data". Journal of Mithraic Studies. 1: 36–67. See also Malandra, William W. "Cautes and Cautopates". Encyclopædia...
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representations of Cautes and Cautopates, the torchbearering twins that appear as miniature versions of Mithras, respectively holding a raised torch and a lowered...
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London Mithraeum (category 3rd-century religious buildings and structures)
small figures of the torch-bearing celestial twins of Light and Darkness, Cautes and Cautopates, within the cosmic annual wheel of the zodiac. At the top...
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Sol Invictus and Mithras, or the bearing of torches by men representing the twins of the rising and setting sun, Cautes and Cautopates. Traditionally...
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contains two torch-bearing twins (Cautes and Cautopates) framing the bull-slaying image – one holding a torch pointing up and the other a torch pointing down...
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Phrygian cap (section In Latin America and Haiti)
the figures of the god Mithras as well as those of his helpers Cautes and Cautopates are routinely depicted with a Phrygian cap. The function of the...
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Aquincum Mithraeum (of Victorinus) (category Ancient Roman buildings and structures in Hungary)
VIC/TORINUS / DEC(urio) COL(oniae) / AQ(uninci) AEDILIS. To Cautes (see Cautes and Cautopates). Marcus Antonius Victorinus, Decurion of the colony of Aquincum...
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sarcophagus, and with the main cult relief of the tauroctony (the image of Mithras slaying a bull) on its front face. The torchbearers Cautes and Cautopates appear...
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2021-09-22. "How do we know that Mithras' sidekicks were called "Cautes" and "Cautopates"?". 19 November 2011. British Museum Collection "Arbeitserziehungslager...
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Sidon Mithraeum (category Buildings and structures in Sidon)
Mithriacae as numbers 74–87. Cautes Mithras carrying the bull Cautopates Mithraic tauroctony Cautes Mithraic Kronos Cautes Durighello's Letter about the...
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Fertőrákos mithraeum (category Ancient Roman buildings and structures in Hungary)
in Savaria, Hungary The relief includes the flanking figures of Cautes and Cautopates. An inscription at the bottom of the relief reads: FECIT IMPENDO...
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Nida (Roman town) (category Roman towns and cities in Germany)
Superior: Nida "How do we know that Mithras' sidekicks were called "Cautes" and "Cautopates"?". 19 November 2011. British Museum Collection https://www.fnp...
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Rudchester Mithraeum (category 3rd-century religious buildings and structures)
the northern bench. Gillam found two heads of the torch-bearers Cautes and Cautopates, and speculated that this was the result of a deliberate decapitation...
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Mithras of Fiano Romano (category Ancient Greek and Roman sculptures in the Louvre)
Sol, the goddess Luna and Mitra's assistants Cautes and Cautopates.In detail: in the center a bull skin, of which the head and a hind leg are clearly...
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Stockstadt Roman Fort (category Roman history of modern countries and territories)
similarities can be observed in two reliefs depicting torchbearers (Cautes and Cautopates) and four other sculptures. It is likely that they originated from...
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bull, with the cult characteristic images of Cautes and Cautopates, Sol, a scorpion, a snake, a dog, and a raven, indicate this was the site of a late...
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