Attis
Attis is the consort of Cybele who castrates himself in a frenzy beneath a pine tree, dies and is mourned and rejoiced over in the spring rites of the Hilaria. His myth is the ancient pattern of the dying god and the cost of total devotion.
Correspondences
- Planetary Correspondence
- Pluto
Offerings
- Offerings
- PineBreadMilkBlood offerings symbolicFasting
Sacred timing
Symbols and forms
- Alternate Names
- Attis the BelovedAtys
- Gender Expression
- Masculine
- Titles
- Beloved of CybeleThe Self-Made EunuchThe Pine God
- Symbols
- PineDrumIvyCymbals
Practice
- Invocation Approach
- ToneEcstatic mournfulAddressAttisBeloved of CybeleThe Pine GodRelationshipThe devotee who gives everything and is buried and returnsWarningHis ecstasy and his loss are one riteResonanceThose in total devotion those who have given something irreversible
- Modern Practice
Attis is approached with care: his rites are mourning followed by rejoicing, and his practice is fasting and return. He is not a god to invoke casually for grief, because the grief in the story is enacted rather than witnessed.
Nature and meaning
- Domain
- SacrificeResurrectionDevotionThe pineThe yearEcstasyRenunciation
- Mythology Summary
Attis is the consort of Cybele who castrates himself in a frenzy beneath a pine tree, dies and is mourned and rejoiced over in the spring rites of the Hilaria. His myth is the ancient pattern of the dying god and the cost of total devotion.
- Related Deities
- CybeleRheaPersephoneAdonis
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