Events Tagged: "castration"

Galli priests shock Rome - eunuch priests of Cybele beg in streets, self-flagellation, castration rituals horrify Romans but cannot expel - goddess saved Rome

Day of Blood ceremony - March 24, priests of Cybele flagellate selves under pine tree, new initiates castrate themselves in frenzy for Attis

Origen castrates himself - literal interpretation of Matthew 19:12, later regrets excessive zeal