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Ancient Roman Festivals Dedicated to Cybele Posted by kunthra on Mar 21, 2009
The 22nd of March is the festival of Die Sanguinas. Die Sanguinas is The Day of Blood in Latin. This festival honors Cybele, the goddess of fertility and rebirth. The priests serve Cybele by slashing their wrists and splattering the blood against a stone likeness of Cybele. Ahh, how nice! The priests back then were…