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Encyclopedia Britannica



CRIOBOLIUM

This article appears in Volume V07, Page 466 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: CRE-DAH
CRIOBOLIUM , the sacrifice of a ram in the cult of
Attis
  and the
Great
 
Mother
 . It seems to have been a
special
  ceremony instituted after the rise, and on the
analogy
  of the
taurobolium
  (q.v.), which was performed in honour of the
Great
 
Mother
 , for the purpose of giving fuller recognition to
Attis
  in the duality which he formed with the Mother. There is no evidence of its existence either in
Asia
  or in
Italy
  before the
taurobolium
  came into prominence (after A.D. 134). When the criobolium was performed in conjunction with the taurobolium, the
altar
  was almost invariably inscribed to both the Mother and Attis, while the inscription was to the Mother alone when the taurobolium only was performed. The celebration of the criobolium was widespread, and its importance such that it was sometimes performed in
place
  of the taurobolium (Corp. Inscr. Lat. vi. 505, 5o6). The details and effect of the ceremony were no doubt similar to those of the taurobolium. (G. SN.)


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