Cybele is an Earth Mother Goddess with a twistShe is a rather colorful character, depicted as an exotic foreigner who arrives in a chariot drawn by roaring lions and is escorted by a group of drunken revelers playing barbaric music. Cybele was originally an ancient Anatolian (Asia Minor) earth goddess, later adopted by the Greeks. She is the goddess of mountains and lions. In some parts of Greece she was absorbed into other earth goddesses such as Gaia, Rhea and Demeter.
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The myth of Cybele
Cybele was famously attended by transvestites and eunuch priests, and her consort was the castrated shepherd Attis. She was a highly contradictory being, known primarily as a goddess of the fertile earth, but with a slim chance of bearing children from a severed partner. The Romans reinterpreted Cybele as a Trojan goddess, but her true meaning, mysteries and manner of worship are still hotly debated. However,
“Her associations with hawks, lions, and the very stone of Anatolia’s rugged mountainous terrain suggest that she is the mother of the land and its wild, untamed nature, with the power to dominate, temper, and appease its latent ferocity, and to control potential threats to settled and civilized life.” [1]
Ceres took steroids
Cybele is an enhanced version of the sabre-toothed tiger Ceres, complete with claws. Cybele is a devoted mother, but as a foreigner, her parenting style is clearly “Uncivilized.” The Greeks revered her and incorporated her into their culture, but in practice they kept their distance from her: Her animalistic behavior and penchant for wild places alienated her from the other Olympian mother goddesses, and her rituals apparently involved a fair amount of frantic banging on percussion instruments, loud shouting, and wild dancing.
This dissonance was considered therapeutic, like ancient drum and bass or techno-trance. In artworks of the time, Attis, Cybele’s consort, is always depicted as a subordinate, younger than Cybele, and of course a eunuch. Attis is initially a rugged and handsome shepherd, but after his self-mutilation, he is referred to as a woman.
Comparison with Rare
One of the Titans in Greek mythology, the goddess Rhea embodies fertility, motherhood and the reproductive forces of nature. As the mother of the Olympian gods, including Zeus, Hera and Poseidon, she holds an important place in the pantheon and symbolizes the nurturing and life-giving aspects of the Earth. Rhea is often depicted with a lion, emphasizing her fearsome nature and her connection to the wild and untamed elements of the world. The lion symbolizes her strength and majesty, emphasizing her role as a protective force. This image highlights her dual nature as a gentle mother and a powerful, commanding figure in the landscape of ancient mythology.
Rhea/Cybele artwork By Marina Marchionne Heavenly and Holy
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1. Lawler, Lynn Emrich (1999). In Search of the Mother Goddess: The Anatolian Cult of Cybele. Berkeley, CA and Los Angeles: University of California Press. pp. 69ff.
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