entities: ENT_ROM_DEA_SYRIA

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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
ENT_ROM_DEA_SYRIA Dea Syria   Roman Great goddess (mystery cult) deity Fertility, love, sovereignty, prophecy   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 The 'Syrian Goddess' as a cult within Roman religion: the Roman reception of Atargatis of Hierapolis-Bambyce. Her itinerant galli-style priests, ecstatic rites, sacred fish and lions, and processions are described by Lucian (De Dea Syria) and satirized by Apuleius (Metamorphoses 8). Spread through Syrian merchant and slave communities; a temple stood on the Janiculum at Rome. This entity is the Roman cult-form; the underlying deity is the existing ENT_ARA_ATARGATIS, to which it is wired. Beard/North/Price treat Dea Syria among the oriental cults. deity

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