relationship_id,subject_entity_id,relationship_type,object_entity_id,confidence,rationale,source_id,review_status,period_id
2385,ENT_ATTIS,paired_with,ENT_PHRYG_MATAR,high,"Attis is the consort and beloved of Matar Kubileya in the Phrygian tradition — their pairing is the theological foundation of the Cybele-Attis mystery cult. In the Pessinuntine myth Attis is the beautiful youth whom Cybele/Matar loves; his self-castration and death is the wound at the cult's emotional center, and the annual mourning and resurrection rites re-enact the divine pair's tragedy and renewal. Roller (1999) pp. 139-165; Vermaseren (1977) pp. 90-110.",SRC_VERMASEREN_CYBELE_ATTIS,reviewed,PER_PHRYG_IRON_AGE
2386,ENT_ATTIS,aligned_with,ENT_DIONYSUS,medium,"Attis and Dionysus are structurally parallel as dying-and-rising vegetation deities whose mystery cults share key elements: ecstatic mourning rites, dismemberment/castration as the divine wound, a resurrection narrative that grounds the initiates' hope for personal renewal, and a passionate divine attendant group (Galli ~ Maenads). Firmicus Maternus (De Errore Profanarum Religionum 3.1, 4th c. CE) explicitly pairs the two cults in his polemic against mystery religions, reflecting their ancient perceived parallelism. Confidence medium: no ancient text explicitly equates them, but the parallel structure is widely recognized in ancient commentary and modern scholarship. Vermaseren (1977) p. 185.",SRC_VERMASEREN_CYBELE_ATTIS,reviewed,PER_PHRYG_IRON_AGE