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Tauroctony

modern name given to imagery depicting the god Mithras killing a bull, typically featured on the cult reliefs central to Roman Mithraic Mysteries
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Tauroctony

Summary

Tauroctony is a ritual[1]. Tauroctony draws 163 Wikipedia views per month (ritual category, ranking #25 of 101).[2]

Key Facts

  • Tauroctony's religion is recorded as Mithraic mysteries[3].
  • Tauroctony's instance of is recorded as ritual[4].
  • Tauroctony's Commons category is recorded as Tauroctony[5].
  • Tauroctony's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08z4fn[6].
  • Tauroctony's facet of is recorded as Mithraic mysteries[7].
  • Tauroctony's depicted by is recorded as Tauroctony statue[8].

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Personal Life

Tauroctony's religion is recorded as Mithraic mysteries[3].

Why It Matters

Tauroctony draws 163 Wikipedia views per month (ritual category, ranking #25 of 101).[2] Tauroctony has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] Tauroctony is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Tauroctony. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/tauroctony
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_tauroctony_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Tauroctony}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/tauroctony}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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