Ox and Ass = Mysteries of Mithras and Isis?

During the Age of Taurus (roughly from 3000 BCE to 800 BCE), the bull and the calf were venerated. As this Age transitioned to Aries, the Mithraic Mysteries arose where one was now to overcome the bull within:   Note the symbol of the snake. Mithraism apparently grew out of Persia and became popular throughout …