{"id":9071,"date":"2020-12-18T08:55:44","date_gmt":"2020-12-18T08:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/?page_id=9071"},"modified":"2022-12-29T13:37:00","modified_gmt":"2022-12-29T13:37:00","slug":"mythologie-et-culte-de-cybele","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/cybele-mythology-and-cult\/","title":{"rendered":"Mythology and Cult of Cybele"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/mythes-et-legendes-grecques-1664\/\" role=\"button\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBack to the Cultural Group<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/book-libraries\/\" role=\"button\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLibrary<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cyb%C3%A8le\" role=\"button\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWiki<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseprofile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/cybele-mythology-and-cult\/#Mythologie-et-Culte-de-Cybele\" >Mythology and Cult of Cybele<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/cybele-mythology-and-cult\/#Mythologie-et-Culte-de-Cybele-textes\" >Mythology and Cult of Cybele (texts)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/cybele-mythology-and-cult\/#Livres-sur-la-mythologie-Grecque\" >books on greek mythology<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Mythologie-et-Culte-de-Cybele\"><\/span>Mythology and Cult of Cybele<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>The Cult of Cybele<\/b> refers to a deity of Phrygian origin, first adopted by the <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/mythes-et-legendes-grecques-1664\/\">Greeks<\/a> then by the Romans, personifying wild nature. She is introduced as &quot;\u00a0<i>Magna Mater<\/i> \u00bb, Great Goddess, Mother Goddess or even Mother of the Gods. She is one of the greatest goddesses of Antiquity in the Near East.<\/p>\n<p>In the <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/\">mythology<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/mythes-et-legendes-grecques-1664\/\">Greek<\/a>, we call her Damia. Under Theodosius, the Christian religion became the only accepted religion, the cult of Cybele was particularly targeted at <abbr>v<sup>e<\/sup><\/abbr> century <abbr>apr. J.-C.<\/abbr> For many historians, because of the religious fervor that it engendered, it would be at the origin of the worship given by Christians to the Virgin Mary in Western and Southern Europe in particular. Cybele was also very popular in Phoenician North Africa, then Greco-Romanized, in particular in Cyrenaica.<\/p>\n<p>According to Greek mythology, she initiated Dionysus into its mysteries. Attis was the young lover of the Phrygian goddess Cybele. When Attis wished to marry the nymph Sangaride, Cybele, who loved him and was jealous of her, drove him mad so much that he castrated himself and killed himself. This legend offers many variations which aim to explain in particular that the priests of Cybele, the Wales, are eunuchs (they practiced self-castration rituals, every March 24, on the occasion of the <i>sanguinaria<\/i>).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/AlphaOmega-e1602613368367.png\" alt=\"The Cult of Cybele\" width=\"25\" height=\"26\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Mythologie-et-Culte-de-Cybele-textes\"><\/span>Mythology and Cult of Cybele (texts)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\">The Cult of Cybele<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cosmovisions.com\/$Cybele.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Mother Goddess<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cosmovisions.com\/$Rhea.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rhea-Cybele<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cosmovisions.com\/$BonneDeesse.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Good Goddess (mysteries of Rome)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cosmovisions.com\/$Atys.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Attis<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Livres-sur-la-mythologie-Grecque\"><\/span>books on greek mythology<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Comics \/ Illustrated:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.fr\/h%C3%A9ros-mythologie-grecque-H%C3%A9l%C3%A8ne-Hercule\/dp\/2371045039?&amp;linkCode=ll1&amp;tag=mythscience-21&amp;linkId=2c6380e90a8abfcdfa598f59fce159ad&amp;language=fr_FR&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mythology The Greek heroes: Helen \u2013 Theseus \u2013 Ulysses \u2013 Hercules<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.fr\/Mythologie-dieux-grecs-Ath%C3%A9na-Pers%C3%A9phone\/dp\/2371045713?&amp;linkCode=ll1&amp;tag=mythscience-21&amp;linkId=27f6a509ec55c8d65e763f58155cdafd&amp;language=fr_FR&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mythology The Greek gods: Athena \u2013 Hermes \u2013 Persephone \u2013 Zeus<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.fr\/dp\/2344001662?&amp;linkCode=sl1&amp;tag=mythscience-21&amp;linkId=6dcfdfcb875bfcf512c4387c821dcb02&amp;language=fr_FR&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Iliad \u2013 Volume 01: The apple of discord<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.fr\/dp\/2344011935?&amp;linkCode=sl1&amp;tag=mythscience-21&amp;linkId=2a48124a6bcb1ad8933c3fcada16fc0a&amp;language=fr_FR&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Iliad \u2013 Volume 02: The War of the Gods<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a 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href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.fr\/Mythologie-grecque-Lint%C3%A9grale-Patricia-Cr%C3%A9t%C3%A9\/dp\/2371046876?&amp;linkCode=ll1&amp;tag=mythscience-21&amp;linkId=f677de0ddfe369055b67be4ae90f3165&amp;language=fr_FR&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Greek Mythology \u2013 The Complete<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.fr\/Mythes-grecs-illustr%C3%A9s-Collectif\/dp\/1409561704?&amp;linkCode=ll1&amp;tag=mythscience-21&amp;linkId=61a40d8a381dc4382945c1a5f4eb4ca3&amp;language=fr_FR&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Illustrated Greek Myths<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In French :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.fr\/dp\/2253160415?&amp;linkCode=sl1&amp;tag=mythscience-21&amp;linkId=e32455cc2c9fef832b7b33956ba269c0&amp;language=fr_FR&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Theogony, Works and Days and other poems<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.fr\/dp\/2262039356?&amp;linkCode=sl1&amp;tag=mythscience-21&amp;linkId=e3f84701ba0bf7afab717ac31e9078e5&amp;language=fr_FR&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sparta<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.fr\/dp\/2344014209?&amp;linkCode=sl1&amp;tag=mythscience-21&amp;linkId=0257e00c51688f9f83fc820cb490559b&amp;language=fr_FR&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dionysus<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.fr\/dp\/221301762X?&amp;linkCode=sl1&amp;tag=mythscience-21&amp;linkId=5ebaa67d797b0471db37e45bb4489a8a&amp;language=fr_FR&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shiva and Dionysus: The Religion of Nature and Eros, From Prehistory to the Future<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.fr\/Mythologie-h%C3%A9ros-nordiques-Collectif\/dp\/2371045098\/ref=sr_1_16?__mk_fr_FR=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&amp;crid=195JIRQW85IHO&amp;keywords=mythologie+contes+l%C3%A9gendes&amp;qid=1672231735&amp;sprefix=mythologie+contes+l%C3%A9gendes%2Caps%2C77&amp;sr=8-16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tales and Legends: The Heroes of Ancient Greece<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.fr\/douze-travaux-dHercule-Christian-GRENIER\/dp\/2266132032?&amp;linkCode=sl1&amp;tag=mythscience-21&amp;linkId=c88e795b138806a592c41de7daf314aa&amp;language=fr_FR&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The twelve labors of Hercules<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.fr\/Contes-Int%C3%A9grales-r%C3%A9cits-mythologie-grecque\/dp\/2733858750?&amp;linkCode=ll1&amp;tag=mythscience-21&amp;linkId=8471c991e105cc92b3123969a28356f6&amp;language=fr_FR&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The most beautiful stories of Greek mythology<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.fr\/Contes-l%C3%A9gendes-mythologie-grecque-Pouzadoux\/dp\/2744134929?&amp;linkCode=ll1&amp;tag=mythscience-21&amp;linkId=4afdece0ae0bf108caafd15132d14353&amp;language=fr_FR&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tales and legends of Greek mythology<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Only in English:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.fr\/Song-Achilles-Novel-Madeline-Miller\/dp\/0062060627?&amp;linkCode=sl1&amp;tag=mythscience-21&amp;linkId=d95e002a0898b99dd220e763dfb74598&amp;language=fr_FR&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Song of Achilles: A Novel<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.fr\/Mythos-Stephen-Fry\/dp\/1452178917?&amp;linkCode=ll1&amp;tag=mythscience-21&amp;linkId=5f6cae24736294f5bc74ac9a2281cd38&amp;language=fr_FR&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mythos<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.fr\/Troy-Our-Greatest-Story-Retold\/dp\/1405944463?&amp;linkCode=sl1&amp;tag=mythscience-21&amp;linkId=fcd1ce0d86fc63ea8712ee268da3cb9d&amp;language=fr_FR&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">troy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.fr\/Thebes-Forgotten-City-Ancient-Greece\/dp\/1468316060?&amp;linkCode=sl1&amp;tag=mythscience-21&amp;linkId=18ba3aa475a37af9807118ffcb7a0ab1&amp;language=fr_FR&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thebes: The Forgotten City of Ancient Greece<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.fr\/dp\/1556437528?&amp;linkCode=sl1&amp;tag=mythscience-21&amp;linkId=27120e7c2efd27350dd9f7d8aa65515c&amp;language=fr_FR&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Road to Eleusis: Unveiling the Secret of the Mysteries<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a 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