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Cybele. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 (212 words) |
 | Cybele was primarily a nature goddess, responsible for maintaining and reproducing the wild things of the earth. |
| She frequented mountains and woodland areas and was usually represented either riding a chariot drawn by lions or seated on a throne flanked by two lions. |
| Cybele is frequently identified with various other mother goddesses, notably Agdistis. |
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Cybele - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1226 words) |
| Cybele was supposed to have been born on Mount Ida in Asia Minor; this is the source of her epithet Idaea. |
| Cybele's most ecstatic followers were males who ritually castrated themselves, after which they were given womens clothing and assumed female identities, who were referred to by contemporary commentator Kallimachos in the feminine Gallai, and who other contemporary commetators in ancient Greece and Rome reffered to as Gallos or Galli. |
| Cybele's cult in Greece was closely associated with, and apparently resembled, the cult of Dionysus, whom Cybele is said to have initiated. |
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