单词 | attis | |||
释义 | AttisAt·tisA0510650 (ăt′ĭs)Attis(ˈætɪs)AttisAttis(ă`tĭs) orAtys(ā`–), in Phrygian religion, vegetation god. When Nana ate the fruit of the almond tree, which had been generated by the blood of either Agdistis or of CybeleCybele, in ancient Asian religion, the Great Mother Goddess. The chief centers of her early worship were Phrygia and Lydia. In the 5th cent. B.C. her cult was introduced into Greece, where she was associated with Demeter and Rhea. ..... Click the link for more information. , she conceived Attis. Later, Agdistis or Cybele fell in love with Attis, and so that none other would have him, she caused him to castrate himself. Like Adonis, Attis came to be worshiped as a god of vegetation, responsible for the death and rebirth of plant life. Each year at the beginning of spring his resurrection was celebrated in a festival. In Roman religion he became a powerful celestial deity. BibliographySee Sir J. G. Frazer, Adonis, Attis, Osiris (1907, new ed. 1961). ATTIS
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