{"database": "deitydb", "table": "entities", "rows": [["ENT_COTYS", "Cotys", null, "Thracian", "Thracian goddess", "Mystery Deity", "ecstatic rites; mystery cult; orgy; night; initiation", "imported;thracian", "Greek world", "Archaic-Classical/Roman reception", "B", "candidate_verified_name", "Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity.", 1, 0, 0, "Thracian goddess of orgiastic mystery rites; her cult (the Cotytia) spread to Athens, Corinth, and Macedon. Attested in Attic comedy (Eupolis fr. 85 Kassel-Austin), Aeschylus' lost Edoni (fr. 57, depicting Thracian ecstatic rites), and Theopompus of Chios (FGrHist 115 F 64). In Greek interpretation Cotys is equated with Rhea/Cybele as the Thracian form of the Great Mother. The Cotytia were notable for ritual transgression and licence. Confidence B: well attested but known mainly through Greek literary criticism of foreign cult practice. Archibald (1998) ch. 8; Burkert (1985) p. 177.", "deity"]], "columns": ["entity_id", "canonical_name", "greek_name", "tradition", "entity_type", "category", "primary_domains", "tags", "cult_scope", "primary_period", "evidence_confidence", "review_status", "inclusion_basis", "earth_association_score", "chthonic_flag", "serpent_flag", "short_note", "entity_class"], "primary_keys": ["entity_id"], "primary_key_values": ["ENT_COTYS"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 159.07582599993475, "source": "jebboone/deitydb", "source_url": "https://github.com/jebboone/deitydb", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT"}