(The Conversation) — In ancient Rome, male followers of the goddess Cybele, known as Galli, some of whom surgically removed their testicles, were often considered feminine.

As the poet Ovid tells us, each year during Cybele’s festival the galli would proceed through the streets of Rome carrying a ...

In Egypt, Isis was a goddess of fertility; she was also a mother and a symbol of death and rebirth. She therefore combined the duties of several Roman goddesses, including Cybele, Aphrodite and ...

A STATUE lost during a Roman invasion has been unearthed centuries after it ... Archaeologists in Turkey have unearthed the 2,100-year-old marble figure of Cybele, an ancient Phrygian mother goddess.

A Vatican declaration, the“Infinite Dignity ,” has brought renewed attention to how religions define and interpret gender and gender roles. < ...

A Vatican declaration, the “Infinite Dignity,” has brought renewed attention to how religions define and interpret gender and gender roles. Approved by the pope on March 25, 2024, the Vatican ...

Martial, a Roman poet writing in the first century A.D., for instance, ... They were males who had castrated their genitalia in dedication to the Great Mother goddess Cybele, ...

Martial, a Roman poet writing in the first century A.D., ... They were males who had castrated their genitalia in dedication to the Great Mother goddess Cybele, who was their protector.