Phrygian religion
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Phrygian religion was centered around the worship of Cybele, the "Great Mother of the Gods" in ancient Asia Minor. She was considered the mother of all creation. Her attendants and priests, known as the Corybants, worshipped her with ecstatic processions, rites, and dances. The Phrygians, who dominated Anatolia from the 12th to the 7th century BCE, established important religious centers at Gordium and "Midas City". Their religious practices, particularly the cult of Cybele, were passed on to the Greeks. The cult involved elaborate myths and rituals, including the symbolic felling of a pine tree and processions.1234
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