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    Cult of Cybele (16 posts)
    Historical Thread

    The cult of Cybele, the "Magna Mater," the Mother Goddess of Phrygia, was brought to Rome in the third century B.C. Cybele was primarily seen as a goddess of nature, responsible for the wilderness, but men also trusted her as a guardian of cities and nations. ...
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    Cybele Rites
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    Author: * Ankhesenamon Ptolemy - 1 Post on this thread out of 70 Posts sitewide.
    Date: Mar 23, 2004 - 16:29

    In readings I have learned that the Cult of Cybele on teh Saturalia had rites in which the men cut off thier privates in reanctment of Cybele's requirement to her lover.

    I have to reread it but is it also true that they drank out a phallus cup, and danced around a p****?

    I believe also that Emperor Domitian had banned the cult of Cybele and Judism cult while allowing the Isis cult to continue. He said that it was because the priests of Isis had shield him as a child.

    Well????

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