In other parts of the world, corresponding to Asia and Africa, Mitra is, at best, one god among many, while in Stygia (Egypt and North Africa), worship of Mitra is altogether banned. The god's worship is strong and dominant, effectively the state religion, in the Hyborian countries corresponding to modern Western Europe. Mitra's religion is missionary its adherents sometimes lose their lives trying to spread their faith to hostile peoples. In the essay " The Hyborian Age", Howard notes that followers of Mitra are urged to forgive their enemies (though many of them fail to do so). He is probably loosely based on the Vedic and Zoroastrian figure by the same name, and in the Hyborian universe, his worship generally represents Christianity. A phoenix, the symbol of Mitra, from the Aberdeen Bestiary
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