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According to Greek mythology, Nana was a nymph
Nymph

In Greek mythology, a nymph is any member of a large class of mythological entities in human form. They were typically associated with a particular location or landform....
 of Sangarius, a river located in present-day Turkey
Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and Thrace in the Balkans region of Southern Europe....
.

She became pregnant when an almond
Almond

The Almond is a species of tree of the genus Prunus, belonging to the subfamily Prunoideae of the family Rosaceae and native to the Middle East....
 from an almond tree fell on her lap. The almond tree had sprung where the violent and dangerous demon Agdistis
Agdistis

Agdistis was a deity of Greek mythology, Roman mythology and Anatolian mythology, possessing both male and female genitalia, con?nected with the Phrygian worship of Attis and Cybele....
 was slain. Agdistis was a son of Cybele
Cybele

Cybele , was the Phrygian deification of the Earth Mother. As with Greek Gaia , or her Minoan civilization equivalent Rhea , Cybele embodies the fertile Earth, a goddess of caverns and mountains, walls and fortresses, nature, wild animals ....
, the Mother of all things.

Nana abandoned the baby, who was adopted by his "grandmother" Cybele. The baby, Attis
Attis

Attis was Cybele's lover, eunuch attendant, and driver of her lion-driven chariot. He was driven mad by her and Castration himself.Attis was originally a local semi-deity of Phrygia, associated with the great Phrygian trading city of Pessinos, which lay under the lee of Mount Agdistis....
, grew up to become Cybele's servant and lover.








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According to Greek mythology, Nana was a nymph
Nymph

In Greek mythology, a nymph is any member of a large class of mythological entities in human form. They were typically associated with a particular location or landform....
 of Sangarius, a river located in present-day Turkey
Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and Thrace in the Balkans region of Southern Europe....
.

She became pregnant when an almond
Almond

The Almond is a species of tree of the genus Prunus, belonging to the subfamily Prunoideae of the family Rosaceae and native to the Middle East....
 from an almond tree fell on her lap. The almond tree had sprung where the violent and dangerous demon Agdistis
Agdistis

Agdistis was a deity of Greek mythology, Roman mythology and Anatolian mythology, possessing both male and female genitalia, con?nected with the Phrygian worship of Attis and Cybele....
 was slain. Agdistis was a son of Cybele
Cybele

Cybele , was the Phrygian deification of the Earth Mother. As with Greek Gaia , or her Minoan civilization equivalent Rhea , Cybele embodies the fertile Earth, a goddess of caverns and mountains, walls and fortresses, nature, wild animals ....
, the Mother of all things.

Nana abandoned the baby, who was adopted by his "grandmother" Cybele. The baby, Attis
Attis

Attis was Cybele's lover, eunuch attendant, and driver of her lion-driven chariot. He was driven mad by her and Castration himself.Attis was originally a local semi-deity of Phrygia, associated with the great Phrygian trading city of Pessinos, which lay under the lee of Mount Agdistis....
, grew up to become Cybele's servant and lover.

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