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@siege well now that would be a Marian cult with some pizazz, and a really interesting frame on how the power dynamic of Magna Mater & Attis are flipped with Mary & Jesus- Mary as the less powerful consort, interceding but not acting without being called; she can’t be feared the same way because she isn’t pro-active or personally transformative that way.
& you’re totally right- Catullus was living in a world where gallae were among the people in the neighborhood, and so why wouldn’t you wonder ‘could I be called the same way?’ Especially in a theological framework where you can’t escape the divine