Cybele
Stub entity — referenced by another entity from source #782 but not yet directly extracted from its own source.
↻ synthesized from 23 sources
When
- First attested
- 1400 BCE
- Attested period
- -1400 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Attested in inscriptions dated to the sixth century BCE.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Orpheus, Musaeus, Eumolpus, Linus, Ialemus, Hylas, Pierian Muses, Kubaba, Matar Kubeleya, dea Roma, Rhea-Cybele, Hekate, Greco-Roman Hekate, Chokmah, Jehovah Elohim, Tzaphkiel, Aralim, Sathariel, Bendis, Ma, Nanna, Tammuz, Hannahannah, Innini, Mami, Pessinuntica, the Idaean Mother, Ḫepat, Sabazios, Dingirmah, Nanaya, Aramazd, Anahit, Höðr, Idaean Dactyls, Ananke, Aurae, Lelantos, Hestia, Ceres, Boreas, Zephyrus, Jove, Amor, Hymen, Jealousy, Auster, Napaeae, Ēostre, Harmonia, Broteas, daemon, Apollo, Hera, Persephone, Hecate, the Virgin Mary, Isis, Juno, Themis, Enki, An, Inanna, Serapis, Nemesis, Melisseus, Cronus, Hades, Ištar, Zeus, Nanã, Mercury, Triton, Pan, Chloris, Nereids, Venus, Fortuna, Poseidon, Ares, Ishtar, Aphrodite
- syncretized with
- Tyche of Constantinople, Hipta, Nane, Adrasteia, Demeter, Rhea, Aphrodite Aineias, Kotys, Kotytto, Brimo, Artemis (Diana), Aristobule
- parent of
- Aura
- manifests as
- Potnia Theron, Mētēr oreia, Agdistis
- manifested by
- Magna Mater, Agdistis
- served by
- Galli, Curetes, Corybantes, Dactyls, Telchines
Mentioned by
- Apollo
- Hera
- Persephone
- Hecate
- the Virgin Mary
- Isis
- Juno
- Themis
- Enki
- An
- Inanna
- Serapis
- Nemesis
- Melisseus
- Cronus
- Hades
and 28 more
Sources
- peer reviewed
- peer reviewed
- peer reviewed
Source passages
“Emmanuel Laroche proposed in 1960 that Kubaba and Cybele were one and the same. This assumption continued to be repeated in academic publications as recently as in the 2000s. For example, in an article published in 2008 Mark Munn voiced support for the equivalence between the two”
#9813 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The iconography of Tyche shared some attributes with Cybele, especially the wearing of the turreted or mural crown as a patron of cities.”
#10586 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The "Phrygian rites" Strabo mentioned referred to the cult of Cybele that was also welcomed to Athens in the 5th century.”
#18580 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“In the Aeneid, Virgil mentions that within Psychro's Cave, in Crete, there lived the goddess Cybele whose chariot was drawn by two lions.”
#19721 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Mead’s comment aligns with Iamblichus’ apparent enthusiasm for Cybele, the Mother Goddess par excellence. Van den Berg comes close to echoing Mead’s argument.”
#19965 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001