Kybele in Griechenland. Ankunft und Aufnahme der Göttermutter in der griechischen Welt

Abstract

Cybele in Greece. The Arrival and Reception of the Mother of the Gods in the ancient Greek world.

The following seminar-paper aims to show the arrival and reception of the phrygian Mother Goddess Matar in the greek world. It will first take a closer look at the early known sources, be it written or archaeological, of the Goddess Kybele. This article will further present, on the basis of these sources, the way the Mother of the Gods took from ancient Phrygia across Anatolia toAthens. Through her journey into the greek world Kybele had gone through an essential transformation to be accepted and worshipped as one of the primary Mother Goddess` of the ancient world.