Attis

Japanese: アッティス（英語表記）Attis

A god who was the lover of the great Phrygian goddess Cybele, widely revered in the Greek and Roman worlds. Although he was a beautiful man, he betrayed her and tried to marry a human princess, which angered Cybele. When the goddess appeared during their wedding ceremony, he went mad, cut off his penis under a pine tree, and died. Following his example, the priests (→corybantes) who served Cybele had the custom of castrating themselves. The cult of Attis and Cybele was incorporated into the official Roman religion and became very popular as a mystery religion in late antiquity.

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Japanese:

ギリシア・ローマ世界で広く尊崇されたフリギアの大女神キュベレの愛人の男神。絶世の美男で，キュベレに愛されたにもかかわらず，女神を裏切り，人間の王女と結婚しようとしたためキュベレの怒りを買い，結婚式の最中に出現した女神の姿を見て発狂し，松の木の下で自分の男根を切落して死んだ。このアッティスにならい，キュベレに奉仕する祭司 (→コリュバンテス ) たちは，去勢するならわしがあった。アッティスとキュベレの祭祀は，ローマの公式宗教にも取入れられ，密儀宗教として古代後期に大いに流行した。

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