Cybele (Magna Mater)
Culture & Region
Phrygia/Anatolia → Greece → Rome
Time Period
c. 6th century BCE (Greece); 204 BCE (Rome import)
Domains
Earth mothermountainswild naturefertilitylions
Symbols & Animals
Liondrum (tympanon)crown (mural/city crown)pine
Sacred Sites & Cult Centers
- Mount Ida (Phrygia)
- Pessinus
- Palatine (Rome)
- widespread
Key Myths & Stories
Attis lover/priest; ecstatic worship; brought to Rome during Punic Wars
Related Deities
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