Agdistis, whom the Greeks called Cybele, was the Great Mother of the gods. From Wordnik.com. [The Goddess and the Bull] Reference
Closer to home, Mellaart saw a resemblance between the Çatalhöyük Mother Goddess and Agdistis, who was first worshipped in the land of Phrygia, in what is today west central Turkey. From Wordnik.com. [The Goddess and the Bull] Reference
Phrygian myth relates that Agdistis, upon learning that Attis was about to marry, suffered a fit of jealousy and struck her son with a spell of madness, whereupon the crazed Attis castrated himself under a pine tree. From Wordnik.com. [The Goddess and the Bull] Reference
The story of Agdistis and Atys is apparently a myth of the generative powers of nature. From Wordnik.com. [Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook] Reference
Midas, King of Pessinus, on seeing this, destined his own daughter, Agdistis, for the young Attis. From Wordnik.com. [The Metamorphoses of Ovid Literally Translated into English Prose, with Copious Notes and Explanations] Reference
Amma (Agdistis) it was the custom of young men to make eunuchs of themselves with sharp shells, and a similar rite was recorded among. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
At the annual festivals of the Phrygian Goddess Amma (Agdistis) it was the custom of young men to make eunuchs of themselves with sharp shells, and a similar rite was recorded among Phoenicians. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
They say that a female called Nana, by touching a pomegranate or an almond tree, which grew from the blood of Agdistis whom Bacchus had slain, conceived Attis, who afterwards became very dear to Cybele. From Wordnik.com. [The Metamorphoses of Ovid Literally Translated into English Prose, with Copious Notes and Explanations] Reference
Cybele being informed of this, hastened to Pessinus, and, destroying the gates, met with Attis, who had concealed himself behind a pine tree, and caused him to be emasculated; on which Agdistis committed self-destruction in a fit of sorrow. From Wordnik.com. [The Metamorphoses of Ovid Literally Translated into English Prose, with Copious Notes and Explanations] Reference
Pessinonte, on the southern slope of Mt. Dindymus and the left bank of the Sangarius, was an ancient city, having commercial but chiefly religious importance, owing to the cult of Cybele under the title of Agdistis, whose statue, or rather a stone supposed to represent her, was considered to have fallen from heaven. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip] Reference
Agdistis, 39. From Wordnik.com. [The Goddess and the Bull] Reference
Agdistis, birth of, 288 n. From Wordnik.com. [Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV] Reference
Agbala, Agdistis, Agdistis/Angdistis, Agé, Agelasta, Agenor, Aghora, Aglaea, Aglalannawan. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Digg] Reference
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