Fire keeper - eunuch priest (2)
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Beautiful longhaired eunuch-priest of sun god Attis. Fire is a symbol of the sun.
Attis - was the consort of Cybele (Agdistis, an hermaphroditic deity) in Phrygian and Greek mythology. His priests were eunuchs, the Galli in Rome, as explained by origin myths pertaining to Attis and castration. Attis was also a Phrygian god of vegetation and sun, and in his self-mutilation, death, and resurrection he represents the fruits of the earth, which die in winter only to rise again in the spring.
Later, in Rome, the cult of Attis merged with the cult of Mithras. Mithra or Mithras is one of main Persian deity, sun god, god of friendship, kindness and peace, son of supreme God Aura-Mazda. Cult of Mithra was moved to Greece and Rome.
