NOUN
- great nature goddess of ancient Phrygia in Asia Minor; counterpart of Greek Rhea and Roman Ops
How To Use Magna Mater In A Sentence
- The introduction of the taurobolium in the ritual of the _Magna Mater_, where it appeared after the middle of the first century, was probably connected with this transformation. The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism
- For example, Atia, as devotee of Magna Mater, undergoes a taurobolium: the sacrifice of a bull with the blood dripping down through a gate onto the worshiper below. Rome Yet Again