Cybele

My colleague Cybele Weisser delved into these issues a bit with a recent post on how much time you should devote to playing with your kids.

In Rome, honoring mothers came in the form of a three-day celebration called Hilaria, where people worshipped the mother goddess Cybele.

The satyr Marsyas, a follower of the goddess Cybele , was the innocent victim of this curse.

Attis is the son of Cybele in her form as the virgin, Nana, who is impregnated by the divine force in the form of a pomegranate.

Cybele: The Phrygian goddess of nature of ancient asia Minor.

Roman reports of the rituals of Cybele record that the son. . . was first tied to a tree and then buried.

Attis is the son of Cybele in her form as the virgin, Nana.

Ancient Romans, too, celebrated a spring festival, called Hilaria dedicated to Cybele, a mother goddess.

Beyond Attis himself, Cybele too offered a challenge to Christian divine nomenclature.

It may be noted that ceremonies in honour of Cybele began some 250 years before Christ was born.

The celebrations were notorious enough that followers of Cybele were banished from Rome.

Tympannon . A small drum carried in the hand such as shown often in pictures of Maenads in the train of Dionysus( invented by Cybele ).

perefectly satisfied with making his home in a large tub discarded from the temple of Cybele, the goddess of nature.