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Attis was a Phrygian or a Lydian dear to Cybele. He is remembered for having cut off his genitals in a fit of folly. Some say that at his death he was turned into a pine tree, but even more extraordinary is his birth.
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Was the story of Jesus stolen from the pagan hero Attis? ... Attis of Phrygia offers the following similarities to Jesus, according to some critics: ... Attis was born on December 25th of the Virgin Nana.
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The Mythos of Attis and the Secret of the Gallae ... Laura Darlene Lansberry Herein is our version of the legend of Cybele and Attis, an account combining various versions of the myth from the past, historical references to Attis as woman, and in the spirit of mythology as a living, ever changing reflection of the world...
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XXXIV. The Myth and Ritual of Attis ... ANOTHER of those gods whose supposed death and resurrection struck such deep roots into the faith and ritual of Western Asia is Attis. He was to Phrygia what Adonis was to Syria. ... Attis was said to have been a fair young shepherd or herdsman beloved by Cybele, the Mother of the Gods,
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Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Attis. Attis. Information about Attis in the Hutchinson encyclopedia. ... At the rites in his honour, Attis was represented by a felled pine wrapped in a shroud and adorned with wreaths. Some devotees sought identification with the god by castrating themselves. His worship was rare...
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ATTIS was a Phrygian vegetation god, the consort of the great Mother Kybele. He was forced by the goddess to castrate himself in a mad frenzy as punishment for his infidelity. Initiates into the eunuch priesthood of Kybele, called the Gallai, re-enacted the myth with their self-castration.
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Attis was thought to be beloved by Cybele and when he refused her love, in her rage she unmanned him. His followers sometimes did the same. Attis is portrayed on coins from the Roman era and on tombstones. He is represented as a young man in tight-fitting clothes and a Phrygian headdress and shepherds staff.
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Britannica online encyclopedia article on Attis (Phrygian deity), mythical consort of the Great Mother of the Gods (classical Cybele, or Agdistis); he was worshipped in Phrygia, Asia Minor, and later throughout the Roman Empire, where he was made a solar deity in the 2nd century ad. ... Attis was fundamentally a vegetation god,
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