Cybele

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Anatolian deity Greek deity Phrygian deity Roman deity earth goddess fertility deity goddess mother goddess nature deity protective deity

Cybele is an ancient Anatolian mother goddess later adopted into Greek and Roman religion, revered as a powerful protector of nature, fertility, and wild places.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Cybele canonical	22
Magna Mater	8
Mother of the Gods	2
Magna Mater deorum Idaea	1
Matar (Cybele)	1
Mother of the Gods (Rhea/Cybele)	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Anatolian deity ⓘ Greek deity ⓘ Phrygian deity ⓘ Roman deity ⓘ earth goddess ⓘ fertility deity ⓘ goddess ⓘ mother goddess ⓘ nature deity ⓘ protective deity ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Great Mother ⓘ Cybele ⓘ surface form: Magna Mater Cybele ⓘ surface form: Magna Mater deorum Idaea Meter Kubileya ⓘ Meter Theon ⓘ
associatedAnimal	lion ⓘ
associatedPlace	Mount Ida ⓘ mountains ⓘ
associatedWith	Demeter ⓘ Gaia ⓘ Rhea ⓘ
consort	Attis ⓘ
cultTitle	Cybele self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Magna Mater Mother Goddess ⓘ surface form: Mother of the Gods
culture	Ancient Greek religion ⓘ Ancient Roman religion ⓘ Phrygian religion ⓘ
domain	cities and walls ⓘ fertility ⓘ mountains ⓘ nature ⓘ wild animals ⓘ
galliDescription	eunuch priests of Cybele ⓘ
influenced	later mother goddess traditions ⓘ
introducedToRome	204 BC ⓘ
introducedToRomeDuring	Second Punic War ⓘ
mainRomanSanctuary	Palatine Hill ⓘ
mythologicalEvent	castration and death of Attis ⓘ
origin	Anatolia ⓘ Phrygia ⓘ
ritualPractice	ecstatic music and dance ⓘ processional cult image in chariot ⓘ
ritualSpecialists	Galli ⓘ
symbol	chariot drawn by lions ⓘ drum ⓘ lion ⓘ mural crown ⓘ
worshipedIn	Anatolia ⓘ Greece ⓘ Mediterranean region ⓘ Rome ⓘ

Referenced by (35)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rhea → equatedWith → Cybele ⓘ

Metroon of Olympia → dedicatedTo → Cybele ⓘ

Metroon of Olympia → hasDeity → Cybele ⓘ

Metroon of Olympia → namedAfter → Cybele ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mother of the Gods

Neith → title → Cybele ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mother of the Gods

Hellenistic religion → integratesDeity → Cybele ⓘ

Phrygia → notableDeity → Cybele ⓘ

Lydia → majorDeity → Cybele ⓘ

Orphic Hymns → includesHymnTo → Cybele ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mother of the Gods (Rhea/Cybele)

Meter Theon → identifiedWith → Cybele ⓘ

this entity surface form: Magna Mater

Atys → character → Cybele ⓘ

Cybele → alsoKnownAs → Cybele ⓘ

this entity surface form: Magna Mater

Cybele → alsoKnownAs → Cybele ⓘ

this entity surface form: Magna Mater deorum Idaea

Cybele → cultTitle → Cybele self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Magna Mater

Atys (Lully) → character → Cybele ⓘ

subject surface form: Atys

Ludi Megalenses → honours → Cybele ⓘ

this entity surface form: Magna Mater

Ludi Megalenses → associatedDeity → Cybele ⓘ

Temple of Cybele → dedicatedTo → Cybele ⓘ

this entity surface form: Magna Mater

Temple of Cybele → hasDeity → Cybele ⓘ

Temple of Cybele → deityRomanName → Cybele ⓘ

this entity surface form: Magna Mater

Metroon at Olympia → dedicatedTo → Cybele ⓘ

Metroon at Olympia → associatedDeity → Cybele ⓘ

Attis → associatedWith → Cybele ⓘ

this entity surface form: Magna Mater

Phrygian language → associatedWithDeity → Cybele ⓘ

this entity surface form: Matar (Cybele)

Phrygians → majorDeity → Cybele ⓘ

Gordias → spouse → Cybele ⓘ

Anatolian paganism → hasDeity → Cybele ⓘ

Pessinus → religiousCentreFor → Cybele ⓘ

this entity surface form: Magna Mater

Pessinus → mainDeity → Cybele ⓘ

Adrasteia → linkedTo → Cybele ⓘ