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cybellian marriage The origins of Cybelianism are rooted in the story of Cybele, who was an earth goddess worshipped in Asia minor, primarily at Çatal Hüyük. She was known as Kubaba and was earliest depicted as an earth mother - in plump and heavy forms. The nme may be derivative of the local word for cube and may refer to a black meteorite that was associated with Her. The Gallae were transgendered priestesses of the Cult of Great mother. much of what we know about them, and the cult itself, has been pieced together frm fragments of contemporary accounts. The cult was a mystery religion, which meant that it's inner secrets and practices were revealed to initiates only. The Greeks colonised Asia minor after the Trojan War and found worship of Cybele everywhere. She was absorbed into their mythology about the 8th century BCE. About 213 BCE the Rmans were fighting a war with Carthage. It was not going well and sme thought that Rme's fate might be dependent upon Cybele. Accordingly, a statue of her was taken to Rme, and the cult of Cybele in Rme was started. A temple was built in 191BC which burned down sme years later. Caesar Augustus later rebuilt the temple, and he after acknowledged Cybele as chief divinity of the Rman Empire. Cybele's retinue included many priestesses, including mazonian, transgendered female priestesses as well as transgendered males known as the Gallae. At its peek, the Cult of Cybele was rivalled only by that of Isis, and there were temples in all provinces of the Empire. While Cybele was accepted, attitudes towards the Gallae changed over a period of time. Rmans were horrified at the frenzy in which the gallae behaved, and by their self-emasculations. Initially the Gallae were confined to temple grounds, though later they were allowed to rm city streets with other followers. In the 4th century AD Valentinian II officially banned the cult of Cybele, and many of her followers perished at the hands of zealous Christians. Justinian continued the persecution of the cult and the Gallae. Under his reign, transgendered persons, and those indulging in sme sex eroticism were dispossed, tortured, forced to mit suicide, or burned alive. By the start of the 6th century AD, the Cult and the ancient Gallae were extinct. Elements of the cult were transferred into Christianity in a manner similar to that of Isis |
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