| Names: | Rhea; Cybele; Lat. Magna Mater (Great Mother); Mater Matuta; Bona Dea. |
| Epithets: | Mother of Gods; The Mountain Mother. |
| Powers: | Mother of Olympian gods. |
| Attributes and symbols: | Tympanum; chariot of lions; mountain cave; pine-tree. |
| Gifts to mortals: | Mysteries of Cabiri at Samothrace - initiations into eternal life. |
| Origin: | Daughter of Uranus & Gaea, a Titaness. |
| Loves: | Attis (turned into pine-tree). |
| Spouse: | Cronos (brother). |
| Children: | Zeus & the Older Olympians (swallowed and vomited by Cronus). |
| Chosen people/ places: | Forest of Mt. Ida near Troy, Asia Minor; Mt. Ida/ Dicte on Crete. |
| Pageant: | Curetes and Corybantes: made noise with swords and shields to distract Cronos' attention from the cries of baby-Zeus. Galli - ecstatic eunuch priests. |
| Allies/ favorites: | Olympian gods. |
| Adversaries: | Cronos (child-eating spouse). |
| Victims: | Attis: emasculated himself in a fit of ecstatic frenzy induced
by the goddess.
Atalanta & Hippomenes - transformed into lions to drag her chariot. Creusa, the Trojan wife of Aeneas, died in the fires of Troy to join the goddess. |
| Notes: | She prefers her mountain abode and appears among the gods in case of need. |