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Encyclopedia > Agdistis

In Greek mythology heavily influenced by cultures from the East, Cybele was a goddess pursued by Zeus who raped her after she disguised herself as a rock called Agdistis. The result was a hermaphrodite named Agdistis. Greek mythology comprises the collected legends of Greek gods, goddesses, heroes, and heroines, originally created and spread within an oral-poetic tradition. ... Statue of Cybele in a chariot drawn by lions, in the Plaza de Cíbeles, Madrid Originally a Phrygian goddess, Cybele (Greek Κυβέλη, sometimes given the etymology she of the hair if her name is Greek, not Phrygian, but more widely considered of Luwian origin, from Kubaba) (Roman equivalent: Magna Mater... Statue of Zeus The Greek sculptor Phidias created the 12-m (40-ft) tall Statue of Zeus in about 435 bc. ... An intersexual is a person (or individual of any unisexual species) who is born with genitalia and/or secondary sexual characteristics of indeterminate sex, or which combine features of both sexes. ...


Another version claims that Agdistis was born when Zeus dropped his semen upon the ground in his excitement over some unknown Goddess that resisted his attentions, causing a rock or a mountain to become pregnant. OR perhaps Zeus's Grandmother Gaia Herself became pregnant. Either way, Adgistis was the result. It was a powerful hermaphroditic Daemon. It was chaotic, neither good nor evil, but impossible to control, containing all of the powers of creation within its own body and fully aware of its power, it went about wreaking havok by its whims. Statue of Zeus The Greek sculptor Phidias created the 12-m (40-ft) tall Statue of Zeus in about 435 bc. ... Statue of Zeus The Greek sculptor Phidias created the 12-m (40-ft) tall Statue of Zeus in about 435 bc. ... Gaia, also spelled as Gaea, Gaïa, or Ge, can refer to any one of the following: Gaia is a Greek and Roman goddess, also known as the Earth Mother. ... In zoology, a hermaphrodite is a species that contains both male and female sexual organs at some point during their lives. ... The term Daemon has several meanings: Daemon (computer software) Daemon (His Dark Materials) in the Philip Pullman trilogy of novels His Dark Materials Daemon (mythology) Daemon (Warhammer) Daemon Sadi (SaDiablo) is a character in the Black Jewels Trilogy by Anne Bishop. ...


The Gods decided that it must be stopped. Dionysus got it drunk with by turning a spring into wine and it fell into a deep sleep. He tied its male parts to its legs or arms, and startled it, so that it woke and leapt up in fright, it tore off its own male genetals. Where the blood fell upon the ground, an almond tree sprung up. Bacchus by Caravaggio The god Dionysus is occasionally confused with one of several historical figures named Dionysius, a theophoric name that simply means [servant] of Dionysus. ... Binomial name Prunus dulcis (Mill. ...


Deprived of its male parts, Agdistis was now a female divinity and became the great Mother Goddess Cybele. Statue of Cybele in a chariot drawn by lions, in the Plaza de Cíbeles, Madrid Originally a Phrygian goddess, Cybele (Greek Κυβέλη, sometimes given the etymology she of the hair if her name is Greek, not Phrygian, but more widely considered of Luwian origin, from Kubaba) (Roman equivalent: Magna Mater...


Some time later, Nana, the daughter of a river spirit, came upon the almond tree and either ate an almond, placed it in her lap, or brought it to her breast. Either way, she became pregnant and in her time bore Attis, whom she subsequently abandoned to be found and raised by shepherds under the watchful eye of Cybele, his Mother/Father/Grandmother, who later would be his lover. Nana is also the name of a Skytrain station in Bangkok, Thailand. ... Attis, a life-death-rebirth deity, was both the son and the lover of Cybele, her eunuch attendant and driver of her lion-driven chariot; he was driven mad by her and castrated himself. ... Statue of Cybele in a chariot drawn by lions, in the Plaza de Cíbeles, Madrid Originally a Phrygian goddess, Cybele (Greek Κυβέλη, sometimes given the etymology she of the hair if her name is Greek, not Phrygian, but more widely considered of Luwian origin, from Kubaba) (Roman equivalent: Magna Mater...


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Agdistis (0 words)
Agdistis was chaotic, neither good nor evil, but impossible to control, containing all of the powers of creation within his/her body and using these powers to wreak havoc.
In the first, Zeus raped the goddess Cybele after she disguised herself as a rock, and Agdistis was conceived.
In the second, Agdistis was born when Zeus dropped his semen upon the ground in his excitement over an unknown goddess that resisted his attentions, causing a rock or a mountain to become pregnant with Agdistis.
Agdistis, Greece, Greek mythology (254 words)
Because Agdistis was born with both male and female sexual organs the gods feared the powers of such a creature.
When Agdistis saw him one day, she fell in love with him, but he was sent to Pessinus to marry the princess there.
Agdistis begged her father the river god to protect Attis corpse from decomposition, and so it was done.
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