The Phrygian Background of Kybele
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9205379 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Birgitte Bøgh (1Department of the Study of Religion and Danish National Research Foundation's Centre for Black Sea Studies, University of Aarhus, Tåsingegade 3, 8000 Århus C, Denmark;, Email: [email protected], corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 304-339 |
| Publication date | 2007-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Numen (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0029-5973 • E-ISSN: 1568-5276 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/156852707x211573 |
| OpenAlex | W2020638229 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 10 |
The cult of Kybele is well known from Greek and Roman sources and well-described in most modern literature on antique religions. The cult, however, is primarily known in its Roman version, which differs greatly from the cult in the ancient Phrygian homeland of Kybele. This article presents the latest research on this subject: iconography and roles, attendants relating to the goddess, cult places, rituals and worship, and transference of the cult from Phrygia to Greece. The Phrygian goddess, characterised by features of wild nature, was represented primarily by predatory birds, and she was worshipped in mountainous settings. Instead of portraying her as a typical Mother goddess associated with nature, fertility and procreation, new research has argued that her status as a Mother derives from her connection to the king, thus being the mother of the state and the throne. It is also maintained in the article that Attis is a late, Greek invention, and that the cult in Phrygia did not take the form of a mystery religion. In conclusion, it is suggested that the Black sea area played a role in the development and the dissemination of the cult
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Cult · Hittite language · Homeland · Iconography · Literature · Politics · State (computer science) · Theology · Throne · Worship · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Classics · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History · Law · Philosophy
Culti rurali e culti urbani nella Bitinia ellenistica e romana
Historiography of Studying the Cybele Cult in the Cimmerian Bosporus
Phrygi̇a Şapkasinin Türki̇ye’den Kolombi̇ya’ya Yolculuğu/El Vi̇aje Del Gorro Fri̇gi̇o Desde Turquía Hasta Colombi̇A
Le nekuomanteion du lac Averne I. L’origine de la tradition
An Idol-shaped Stele with an Old Phrygian Inscription in the Territory of Nakoleia
Meter reliefs from Ephesos and the Obizzi Collection (KHM Wien). Archaeometric considerations on the production and trade of small-format marble objects in the Greek world
Las "Peñas Sacras" de la Península Ibérica
The Ancient Mother of the Gods a Missing Chapter in the History of Greek Religion
The Name of Cybele’s Priests the “Galloi”
The Iron Age Background to the Formation of the Phrygian State
Stèles et naïskoi de Cybèle à Thasos
Further considerations on the cult of Kybele
The Cult of the Mother-Goddess
Hellenistic Religions
Priests of the Goddess
Cybele and Attis. The Myth and the Cult
| Unique citing works | 7 |
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| Citations per year | 1,17 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2023 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |