Agdistis

E727873
deity mythologicalFigure

Agdistis is a powerful and androgynous deity from Phrygian and Greek mythology, often associated with wild nature, fertility, and the cult of Cybele.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Agdistis canonical 1
Carme (mythology) 1
Orithyia (in some traditions) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf deity ⓘ
mythologicalFigure ⓘ
appearsInSource Arnobius NERFINISHED ⓘ
Firmicus Maternus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pausanias NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedRitual eunuch priests ⓘ
self-castration rites ⓘ
associatedWith Attis NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cybele NERFINISHED ⓘ
Greek mythology ⓘ
Mount Dindymon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Phrygia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Phrygian mythology NERFINISHED ⓘ
fertility ⓘ
mountain worship ⓘ
sacred groves ⓘ
wild nature ⓘ
cultCenter Pessinus NERFINISHED ⓘ
cultType ecstatic cult ⓘ
mystery cult ⓘ
describedAs dangerous ⓘ
powerful ⓘ
wild ⓘ
gender androgynous ⓘ
hasAspect both male and female ⓘ
influenced Roman cult of Magna Mater NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfName Phrygian ⓘ
linkedConcept divine madness ⓘ
ecstatic trance ⓘ
gender ambiguity ⓘ
liminality ⓘ
linkedTo Cybele cult NERFINISHED ⓘ
Great Mother NERFINISHED ⓘ
Magna Mater NERFINISHED ⓘ
mythicFunction charter myth for Cybele’s cult ⓘ
explanation of eunuch priesthood ⓘ
mythRole chthonic power ⓘ
primordial being ⓘ
parentOf Attis NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedMyth self-castration of Attis ⓘ
symbolizes uncontrolled fertility ⓘ
untamed nature ⓘ
transformedInto Cybele NERFINISHED ⓘ
worshipContext Anatolian religious syncretism ⓘ
Phrygian Mother Goddess tradition ⓘ
worshippedIn Asia Minor NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hellenistic world ⓘ
Phrygia NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Attis → parentInSomeTraditions → Agdistis ⓘ
Creusa → sibling → Agdistis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orithyia (in some traditions)
Carme (moon) → namedAfter → Agdistis ⓘ
subject surface form: Carme
this entity surface form: Carme (mythology)