Lecture 4. Logos of Cybele

Lecture 4. Logos of Cybele. 1. The IndoEuropean warriors invaded the sedentary people the major part of them were matriarchy society. Mary Gymbutas. Bachofen. 2. The concept of paleoeuropean. The European population before the arrival of Turanian warriors. 3. The major centers of matriarchal civilization were in Anatoly and in Balkans. There was ancient civilization of Cybele. The Mother Goddess had different names but the same Logos. The birth and death. So absence of features in the face and head of Goddess was sign that was of no importance. There was a Power of manifestation. 4. The Goddes was immanent, chtonic, earthly. The male figures were absent. But there were the beasts mostly two on both sides of Great Mother. After they were transformed in the half beast half human. They were possessions of Great Mother. 5. The figure of Attis. There was female Androgyne Agdytis that has given birth to beautiful youth. Cybele has fallen in love with that youth. But he wanted to marry earthly woman. Jealous Cy