Wow guys!

I was browsing around on wikipedia for something and I found this. It's about the goddess Cybele. It was eerie enough that I totally had to post quotes from it here. Enjoy! (I've put my own touches on the most interesting parts.)




"Like Gaia (the "Earth") or her Minoan equivalent Rhea, Cybele embodies the fertile earth, a goddess of caverns and mountains, walls and fortresses, nature, wild animals (especially lions and bees). Her title potnia theron, which is also associated with the Minoan Great Mother, alludes to her ancient Neolithic roots as "Mistress of the Animals". She becomes a life-death-rebirth deity in connection with her consort, her son Attis.
Save that it reveals that the Greeks considered "Cybele" to be Greek, the traditional derivation of her name, as "she of the hair" can be ignored, now that the inscription of one of her Phrygian rock-cut monuments has been read matar kubileya [1].
Cybele's most ecstatic followers were males who ritually castrated themselves. after which they were given women's clothing and assumed female identities, who were referred to by the third century commentator Callimachus in the feminine Gallai, and who other contemporary commentators in ancient Greece and Rome referred to as Gallos or Galli. She was associated with the mystery religion concerning her son, Attis, who was castrated and resurrected. "


So yes, make from that what you will. I thought it was very interesting. Very, very.

Love,
Kalinka.