Attis | |
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![]() Statue of Attis from Roman Hierapolis | |
Cause of death | Castrated/Emasculated himself and died |
Known for | Phrygian vegetation deity; his self-mutilation, death, and resurrection represents the fruits of the earth, which die in winter only to rise again in the spring |
Title | The ancient Phrygian god of vegetation and consort of the great Mother of the Gods Kybele (Cybele) |
Mother | Nana, the daughter of the river Sangarius, and almond tree grown from the amputated sexual Male organ of the hermaphrodite Agdistis[1] |
Attis (/ˈætɪs/; Greek: Ἄττις, also Ἄτυς, Ἄττυς, Ἄττης)[2] was the consort of Cybele, in Phrygian and Greek mythology.[a]
His priests were eunuchs, the Galli, as explained by origin myths pertaining to Attis castrating himself. Attis was also a Phrygian vegetation deity. His self-mutilation, death, and resurrection represents the fruits of the earth, which die in winter only to rise again in the spring.[5]
According to Ovid's Metamorphoses, Attis transformed himself into a pine tree.[6]
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