Attis

Phrygian shepherd-consort of Cybele; self-castrated and died beneath a pine, then revived as evergreen; his Galli priests re-enacted the myth.

Domains

• vegetation
• death and rebirth

Powers

• Die under the pine and revive with the spring growth

Epithets

• Ἄττις greek · Áttisshepherd-consort of Cybele; his Galli re-enacted his death and revival beneath the pineCatullus 63; Pausanias 7.17.9-12 (primary)

Relations

• lover: AgdistisReciprocal of phrygian_agdistis.lover (alphabetical family sweep). (auto reciprocal)
• lover: CybeleThe Mountain Mother's beloved shepherd-consort; his broken vow, madness and self-castration beneath the pine were re-enacted by her Galli.Ovid, Fasti 4.223-244; cf. Pausanias 7.17.10-12 (primary)

Sources

• existence: Vermaseren, Cybele and Attis: The Myth and the Cult (1977) (secondary)