In one story, Zeus became angry at some Lydians for worshipping this deity and sent a deadly boar, which is why the Gauls in Pessinus didn't eat pork.
In one story, Zeus became angry at some Lydians for worshipping this deity and sent a deadly boar, which is why the Gauls in Pessinus didn't eat pork. According to Plutarch, a worshipper of this deity named Battakes predicted a victory for Gaius Marius, and in another story Claudia Quinta single handedy pulled this deity's barge up the Tiber River after it was stuck in a sandbank. One festival celebrating this deity featured a masked parade on the vernal equinox and was called the Hilaria, and during another festival to this deity (*) ludi scaenici were performed on the Palatine. According to Ovid, Atalanta and Hippomenes had sex in a temple to this deity, who turned them into lions and used them to pull her chariot. This deity, who was celebrated in the Megalesia, was worshipped by priests called galliwho were eunuchs, mimicking the self-castration of this deity's consort Attis. For 10 points, name this originally Phrygian deity who was identified with Rhea and was brought to Rome as the "Great Mother of the Gods."
In one story, Zeus became angry at some Lydians for worshipping this deity and sent a deadly boar, which is why the Gauls in Pessinus didn't eat pork.
Cybele [accept Cybebe or Agdistis; accept Magna Mater; prompt on "Great Mother" or "Great Mother of the Gods" before mentioned; prompt on "Attis" before mentioned; prompt on "Rhea"]