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in reply to a message by Ms. Brand Snaps
I have always pronounced it Al-met-ra
Al as in caul
I’ve been told many different meanings over the years.
The first was Ancient star
The Al - dear mitra - friend
These are the main I es
Al as in caul
I’ve been told many different meanings over the years.
The first was Ancient star
The Al - dear mitra - friend
These are the main I es
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Mitra means "(he) that binds", but is also the name of an Indo-Aryan divinity. Originally the god of contracts and oaths, an important position in early Indo-European cosmology, he is later identified as a god of dawn, the (morning) sun, and friendship. Your sources seem to have applied the later attributes as meanings, far from the same thing.
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