Galli

E521509
eunuch priests priesthood

The Galli were ancient eunuch priests devoted to the Phrygian and later Roman goddess Cybele, known for their ecstatic rituals, self-castration, and distinctive clothing.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Galli (priests of Cybele) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf eunuch priests ⓘ
priesthood ⓘ
associatedWith Magna Mater cult in Rome ⓘ
Phrygian Mother Goddess NERFINISHED ⓘ
category Ancient priesthoods ⓘ
Ancient religious office ⓘ
culture Phrygian religion ⓘ
Roman religion ⓘ
devotedTo Cybele NERFINISHED ⓘ
Magna Mater NERFINISHED ⓘ
genderStatus eunuchs ⓘ
knownFor distinctive clothing ⓘ
ecstatic rituals ⓘ
frenzied music ⓘ
public processions ⓘ
ritual dancing ⓘ
self-castration ⓘ
languageContext Latin NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalStatus foreign cult priests in Rome ⓘ
originatedIn Phrygia NERFINISHED ⓘ
performedAt festival of Megalesia NERFINISHED ⓘ
public religious festivals ⓘ
practicedIn Ancient Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ
Phrygia NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Cybele cult NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousRole performers of ecstatic worship ⓘ
servants of the goddess Cybele ⓘ
ritualPractice ecstatic trance ⓘ
music with drums and cymbals ⓘ
processional dancing ⓘ
ritual flagellation ⓘ
self-castration ⓘ
socialStatus marginalized group in Roman society ⓘ
spreadTo Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ
other parts of the Roman Empire ⓘ
symbolized devotion through bodily sacrifice ⓘ
rejection of conventional masculinity ⓘ
timePeriod Hellenistic period NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ
usedInstrument cymbals ⓘ
drums ⓘ
flutes ⓘ
wore brightly colored garments ⓘ
jewelry ⓘ
long robes ⓘ
turbans or headbands ⓘ
worshipped Cybele NERFINISHED ⓘ
Magna Mater NERFINISHED ⓘ

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

Cybele → ritualSpecialists → Galli ⓘ
Temple of Cybele → hasPriesthood → Galli ⓘ
Galli → distinguishedFrom → Galli ⓘ
this entity surface form: Galli (priests of Cybele)