Cybele
E122201
Anatolian deity
Greek deity
Phrygian deity
Roman deity
earth goddess
fertility deity
goddess
mother goddess
nature deity
protective deity
Cybele is an ancient Anatolian mother goddess later adopted into Greek and Roman religion, revered as a powerful protector of nature, fertility, and wild places.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cybele canonical | 22 |
| Magna Mater | 8 |
| Mother of the Gods | 2 |
| Magna Mater deorum Idaea | 1 |
| Matar (Cybele) | 1 |
| Mother of the Gods (Rhea/Cybele) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1000635 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cybele Context triple: [Rhea, equatedWith, Cybele]
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A.
Astarte
Astarte is an ancient Near Eastern goddess associated primarily with fertility, sexuality, and war, venerated across Canaanite, Phoenician, and later Mediterranean cultures.
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B.
HERA
HERA is a 2008 U.S. federal law enacted in response to the subprime mortgage crisis to stabilize the housing market, reform mortgage regulation, and support troubled homeowners and financial institutions.
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C.
Asherah
Asherah is an ancient West Semitic mother goddess associated with fertility, the sea, and sacred trees, venerated across Canaan and neighboring cultures.
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D.
Hera
Hera is the queen of the Olympian gods in Greek mythology, revered as the goddess of marriage, women, and family.
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E.
Antheia
Antheia is a minor Greek goddess associated with flowers, blossoms, and vegetation, often linked to the Hesperides and other nature deities.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cybele Target entity description: Cybele is an ancient Anatolian mother goddess later adopted into Greek and Roman religion, revered as a powerful protector of nature, fertility, and wild places.
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A.
Astarte
Astarte is an ancient Near Eastern goddess associated primarily with fertility, sexuality, and war, venerated across Canaanite, Phoenician, and later Mediterranean cultures.
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B.
HERA
HERA is a 2008 U.S. federal law enacted in response to the subprime mortgage crisis to stabilize the housing market, reform mortgage regulation, and support troubled homeowners and financial institutions.
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C.
Asherah
Asherah is an ancient West Semitic mother goddess associated with fertility, the sea, and sacred trees, venerated across Canaan and neighboring cultures.
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D.
Hera
Hera is the queen of the Olympian gods in Greek mythology, revered as the goddess of marriage, women, and family.
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E.
Antheia
Antheia is a minor Greek goddess associated with flowers, blossoms, and vegetation, often linked to the Hesperides and other nature deities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Anatolian deity
ⓘ
Greek deity ⓘ Phrygian deity ⓘ Roman deity ⓘ earth goddess ⓘ fertility deity ⓘ goddess ⓘ mother goddess ⓘ nature deity ⓘ protective deity ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Great Mother
ⓘ
Cybele ⓘ
surface form:
Magna Mater
Cybele ⓘ
surface form:
Magna Mater deorum Idaea
Meter Kubileya ⓘ Meter Theon ⓘ |
| associatedAnimal | lion ⓘ |
| associatedPlace |
Mount Ida
ⓘ
mountains ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Demeter
ⓘ
Gaia ⓘ Rhea ⓘ |
| consort | Attis ⓘ |
| cultTitle |
Cybele
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Magna Mater
Mother Goddess ⓘ
surface form:
Mother of the Gods
|
| culture |
Ancient Greek religion
ⓘ
Ancient Roman religion ⓘ Phrygian religion ⓘ |
| domain |
cities and walls
ⓘ
fertility ⓘ mountains ⓘ nature ⓘ wild animals ⓘ |
| galliDescription | eunuch priests of Cybele ⓘ |
| influenced | later mother goddess traditions ⓘ |
| introducedToRome | 204 BC ⓘ |
| introducedToRomeDuring | Second Punic War ⓘ |
| mainRomanSanctuary | Palatine Hill ⓘ |
| mythologicalEvent | castration and death of Attis ⓘ |
| origin |
Anatolia
ⓘ
Phrygia ⓘ |
| ritualPractice |
ecstatic music and dance
ⓘ
processional cult image in chariot ⓘ |
| ritualSpecialists | Galli ⓘ |
| symbol |
chariot drawn by lions
ⓘ
drum ⓘ lion ⓘ mural crown ⓘ |
| worshipedIn |
Anatolia
ⓘ
Greece ⓘ Mediterranean region ⓘ Rome ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Cybele Description of subject: Cybele is an ancient Anatolian mother goddess later adopted into Greek and Roman religion, revered as a powerful protector of nature, fertility, and wild places.
Referenced by (35)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Mother of the Gods
this entity surface form:
Mother of the Gods (Rhea/Cybele)
this entity surface form:
Magna Mater
this entity surface form:
Magna Mater
this entity surface form:
Magna Mater deorum Idaea
subject surface form:
Atys
this entity surface form:
Magna Mater
this entity surface form:
Magna Mater
this entity surface form:
Magna Mater
this entity surface form:
Magna Mater
this entity surface form:
Matar (Cybele)
this entity surface form:
Magna Mater