cult of Magna Mater

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ancient Roman cult mystery cult state-sponsored religion

The cult of Magna Mater was an ancient Roman state-sponsored worship of the Anatolian mother goddess Cybele, associated with fertility, mountains, and ecstatic rites.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Cult of Cybele 1
veneration of Magna Mater 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Roman cult ⓘ
mystery cult ⓘ
state-sponsored religion ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Magna Mater deorum Idaea NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mater Deum Magna Idaea NERFINISHED ⓘ
cult of Cybele NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith clashing cymbals ⓘ
drumming ⓘ
ecstatic rites ⓘ
mountains ⓘ
orgiastic dancing ⓘ
processional music ⓘ
self-castration ⓘ
centralBelief fertility ⓘ
protection of the Roman state ⓘ
country Ancient Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDeity Cybele NERFINISHED ⓘ
Magna Mater NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasOrigin Anatolia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Phrygia NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPriesthood Galli ⓘ
archigallus ⓘ
dendrophori NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRitualObject cymbals ⓘ
pine tree ⓘ
sacred black stone ⓘ
tympanum ⓘ
hasSacredAnimal lion ⓘ
hasSacredPlace Palatine Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTemple Temple of Magna Mater on the Palatine NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced later Roman mystery religions ⓘ
introducedBy Roman Senate NERFINISHED ⓘ
introducedDuring Second Punic War NERFINISHED ⓘ
introducedInYear 204 BC ⓘ
introducedTo Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ
linkedMyth Attis NERFINISHED ⓘ
death and rebirth of Attis ⓘ
majorFestival Hilaria NERFINISHED ⓘ
March 15–27 festival cycle ⓘ
Megalesia NERFINISHED ⓘ
patronOf city of Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ
restrictedPractice Roman citizens forbidden to become Galli ⓘ
ritualPractice ecstatic self-flagellation ⓘ
music with flutes and drums ⓘ
processions with image of the goddess ⓘ
ritual castration of Galli priests ⓘ
stateCultFrom 204 BC ⓘ
timePeriod Imperial Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ
Republican Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Ludi Megalenses → introducedReligion → cult of Magna Mater ⓘ
Ludi Megalenses → religiousAspect → cult of Magna Mater ⓘ
this entity surface form: veneration of Magna Mater
Temple of Cybele → cult → cult of Magna Mater ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cult of Cybele