Day of Blood

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Day of Blood is an ancient Phrygian and later Roman religious festival marked by intense mourning, self-flagellation, and bloodletting in honor of the dying-and-reborn god Attis.

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Day of Blood canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Phrygian festival
ancient Roman festival
religious festival
associatedDeity Attis NERFINISHED
Cybele NERFINISHED
associatedMyth Attis as dying-and-reborn god
myth of Attis NERFINISHED
calendarContext spring festival cycle of Cybele and Attis
commemorates death of Attis
cult Cult of Attis NERFINISHED
Cult of Cybele NERFINISHED
culturalOrigin Phrygia NERFINISHED
emotionalTone ecstatic frenzy
intense mourning
hasRitual bloodletting
ecstatic rites
mourning
ritual wounding
self-flagellation
hasTheme death and rebirth
ritual mourning
sacred violence
honorsDeity Attis NERFINISHED
participants Galli NERFINISHED
devotees of Cybele
period Classical antiquity
practicedIn Phrygia NERFINISHED
ancient Rome NERFINISHED
relatedFestival Hilaria NERFINISHED
Megalesia NERFINISHED
religion Phrygian religion NERFINISHED
Roman religion NERFINISHED
symbolizes rebirth of Attis
typeOfSacrifice blood sacrifice

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Attis linkedRitual Day of Blood