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Ancient Roman history is a gift that keeps on giving. I've her of her but was not aware a cult grew of the Goddess Kybele in Rome. The sacrifices made in her name even shocked the Romans, if that's even possible.
Greek colonists in Asia Minor adopted and adapted her Phrygian cult and spread it to mainland Greece and to the more distant western Greek colonies around the 6th century BC.
In Greece, Cybele met with a mixed reception. She became partially assimilated to aspects of the Earth-goddess Gaia, of her possibly Minoan equivalent Rhea, and of the harvest–mother goddess Demeter. Some city-states, notably Athens, evoked her as a protector, but her most celebrated Greek rites and processions show her as an essentially foreign, exotic mystery-goddess who arrives in a lion-drawn chariot to the accompaniment of wild music, wine, and a disorderly, ecstatic following.
The Romans adopted her into their religion as the "Great Mother". More on Roman Cybele at:
"... but her most celebrated Greek rites and processions show her as an essentially foreign, exotic mystery-goddess who arrives in a lion-drawn chariot to the accompaniment of wild music, wine, and a disorderly, ecstatic following."
Sounds like a lot of modern rap music videos.
The Romans were very tolerant of various religions and freely accepted and practiced bits and pieces from various sects...I'm pretty sure in their 1000yr history prior to Constantine, they never fought any wars over religion, unlike their descendents in Europe and the MidEast in more modern times.
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