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Agdistis

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Agdistis: see Attis Attis or Atys , in Phrygian religion, vegetation god. When Nana ate the fruit of the almond tree, which had been generated by the blood of either Agdistis or of Cybele, she conceived Attis.
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; Cybele Cybele , in ancient Asian religion, the Great Mother Goddess. The chief centers of her early worship were Phrygia and Lydia. In the 5th cent. B.C. her cult was introduced into Greece, where she was associated with Demeter and Rhea.
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The last of about 1,800 victories was with Agdistis in a juvenile hurdle at Worcester.
He retired in 1996, his last winner coming when Agdistis won at Worcester on October 12 that year, and had latterly moved to Corsham in Wiltshire.
 
 
 
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