Cybele Flashcards
Magna Mater
Great Mother
Birth
Bisexual Divinity Who Castrates Herself
Origin
Phrygia
Attis Origin
Severed Male Genetalia Creates Almond Tree and Nana, the Daughter of the River-God Sangarios, Places Branch on Tree and Becomes Preggers
Attis Myth
Cyeble Sees Attis and Falls in Love With Him, He Spurns Her Affections, Castrates Self Because Sybele Makes Him Go Mad, Dies, Attis Transformed into Flower and is Reborn Every Year in Spring
Holding a Tympanum (Cowhide Drum)
Stimulates the Growth of Crops, Fertility Connection
Wears a Turreted Crown
Protector of Cities/Citadels
Chariot Drawn by Lions
Power Over Nature as a Mistress of Wild Animals (Potina Theron)
Galli
Eunuch Priests of Cybele - They Castrated Themselves in Submission to the Dominant Mother Goddess
Megalesia/Megalensia
Roman Public Games in April of Each Year (4th-10th) to Commemorate the Arrival of Cybele’s Cult Images in 204 BCE (2nd Punic War)
April Festival of Cybele Pt. 2
Theatrical Performances in Front of the Palatine Temple, Chariot Races Held in the Circus Maximus, Took Cybele to Circus in Grand Procession, Metragyrtai (Probs Galli) Went From House to House For Money to Support Temple, Moretum Left at Cybele’s Temple
Metragyrtai
“Beggars of the Mother”
Moretum
A Mixture of Cheese and Pounded Herbs
Castration?
Until 1st C. CE, Roman Citizens Were Barred From Joining the Cult
March 15th (1st Day of Spring Festival)
Cannophori Bring Reeds into the Temple of Cybele (Attis Castrates Self With Reed Flute)