Criobolium

Criobolium

▪ religious rite
      in the ancient religion of Asia Minor, the sacrifice of a ram and the bathing of a devotee in its blood, in the cult of the Phrygian deities Attis and Cybele, the Great Mother of the Gods. The ceremony may have been instituted on the analogy of the Taurobolium, or bull sacrifice, which it probably resembled. When it was performed in conjunction with the Taurobolium, the altar was usually inscribed to both the Great Mother and Attis, whereas the inscription was to the Mother alone when only the Taurobolium was performed.

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  • Criobolium — is the ritual sacrifice of a ram in the cult of Attis and the Great Mother of the Gods. It seems to have been a special ceremony instituted after the rise, and on the analogy of the taurobolium, which was performed in honor of the Great Mother,… …   Wikipedia

  • CRIOBOLIUM et TAUROBOLIUM — passim in vecustis monumentis iuncta occurrunt: quorum istud Matri Deûm fiebat, illud Atti, quem eundem cum Sole esse credebant. Ritus utriusque sacri et finis erudite exponitur Salmasio, Not. ad dLamprid. in Heliogabalo, c. 7. Vide quoque infra… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • criobolium — cri·o·bo·li·um …   English syllables

  • criobolium — …   Useful english dictionary

  • Kriobolion — Als Kriobolion (griechisch κριοβόλιον, lateinisch criobolium) wird in der antiken Religion die Opferung eines Widders bezeichnet, vor allem im Bereich des Kybele Attis Kults. Es entsprach der Opferung eines Stieres beim Taurobolium und fand… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • TAUROBOLIUM — Graece Ταυροβόλιον, et Criobolium, Graece Κριοβόλιον, sacrificia fastidiosissima atque operosissima Veter. alibi quam in saxis raro occurrentia, usitata fuêre, in dedicationibus Deûm Magnorum, Matris Deûm et Attidis, quibus ut propria memorantur …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • TAUROPOLIUM — urbs Aquitaniae. Erat et templum Dianae in Samo insul. praeclarum, Steph. in Iearia. Dionysius, – Ο῞θι Ταυροπόλοιο θεοῖο Βωμοὶ κνιςςήεντες ἀδευκέα καπνὸν ἔχουσι. Vide Suidam in Ταυροπόλαν. Quibusdam idem cum Taurobolio, de quo supra. Et certe… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • Cybele — This article is about the Anatolian Earth Goddess. For other uses of Magna Mater, see Magna Mater (disambiguation). For other uses of Cybele, see Cybele (disambiguation). Full faced Luvian rock carving of the Phrygian Cybele in Mount Sipylus… …   Wikipedia

  • Taurobolium — In the Roman empire of the second to fourth centuries, taurobolium [Franz Cumont derived the word from the epithet of Artemis Tauropolos (whom he identified with Persian Anahita, a connection no longer sustained); see Cumont, Le Taurobole et le… …   Wikipedia

  • Taurobolio — Este artículo o sección necesita una revisión de ortografía y gramática. Puedes colaborar editándolo (lee aquí sugerencias para mejorar tu ortografía). Cuando se haya corregido, borra este aviso por favor …   Wikipedia Español

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