The Mother Goddess Kybele and her Gender Expansive Priests

The continuning saga of Kybele, now with her self-castrating gender expansive priests, the Galli. Were they transgender? Who were they, really, and who was she, their goddess? We track their journey from Phrygia all the way to the end of pagan Rome.In Search of God the Mother: The Cult of Anatolian Cybele by Dr. Lynn E. Roller, 1999.Kybele - Mother of the Gods: The Goddess Project Podcast by Dr. Carla Ionescu  (additional information obtained from a paid course from Dr Ionescu's website, The Artemis Centre)The Goddess Cybele: Dr. James Rietveld Salon Lecture SeriesArticle Concerning Acoustics in a Kybele TempleThe Works of PausaniasThe Works of the Emperor Julian: Hymn to the Mother of the GodsAn Archaic Ivory Figurine from a Tumulus Near Elmali: Cultural Hybridization and a New Anatolian Style by Tuna ŞareEpisode image found at https://arkeonews.net/getting-to-know-matar-kubilea/Thanks to the contributors at Freesound for the use of sound clips:Cymbal Swell 106 by FiatLuxxCymbal Swell 015 by FiatLuxxWillow Flute by HedmarkingMiddle East Two by CrapsghettiOlympos, Gregorian and Pluto Wind Chimes by Philip Goddardirish Whistle by NigelnixKubaba, Matar, Matar kubileya, Agdistis, Meter, Meter Kybele, Kybele, Cybele, Magna Matar, Magna Mater deorum Idaea