ATTIS


Meaning of ATTIS in English

Mythical consort of the Great Mother of the Gods and vegetation god worshiped in Phrygia and Asia Minor.

His worship later spread to the Roman empire, where he became a solar deity in the 2nd century AD. The worship of Attis and the Great Mother included the celebration of mysteries at the beginning of spring.

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