1) Consort of Cybele 2) Greek boy name 3) Lover of Cybele 4) Phrygian
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AttisPronunciation-needed (Ἄττις or Ἄττης) was the consort of Cybele in Phrygian and Greek mythology. His priests were eunuchs, the Galli, as explained by origin myths pertaining to Attis and castration. Attis was also a Phrygian god of vegetation, and in his self-mutilation, death, and resurrection he represents the fruits of the eart...
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mythical consort of the Great Mother of the Gods (q.v.; classical Cybele, or Agdistis); he was worshipped in Phrygia, Asia Minor, and later ... [6 related articles]
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a young shepherd who although a priest of Cybele (Rhea) slept with a nymph. For this the goddess drove him mad, during which he castrated himself. She then changed him into a fir tree. Cybele?s priests, the Corybantes (Roman Galli), were eunuchs after this.
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In classical mythology, a Phrygian god whose death and resurrection symbolized the end of winter and the arrival of spring; also regarded as a vegetation god. Beloved by the earth goddess
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In classical mythology, a Phrygian god whose death and resurrection symbolized the end of winter and the arrival of spring; also regarded as a vegetation god. Beloved by the earth goddess Cybele, who drove him mad as punishment for his infidelity, he castrated himself and bled to death. Violets sprang from his blood, and Zeus turned him into a ...
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