Cybele

Cybele was the mother goddess of Anatolia, worshipped by the Phrygians as Matar, 'Mother', often shown in rock-cut shrines in the highlands. Her cult spread to the Greek world and, in 204 BCE, to Rome, where she was honoured as the Magna Mater with the festival of the Megalesia and served by eunuch priests called galli. She was associated with mountains, wild animals, especially lions, and the protection of cities.