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Answer for the clue "Asiatic epithet for Rhea or Cybele ", 8 letters:
agdistis

Word definitions for agdistis in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Agdistis was a deity of Greek , Roman and Anatolian mythology, possessing both male and female sexual organs , connected with the Phrygian worship of Attis and Cybele . Her androgyny was seen as symbolic of a wild and uncontrollable nature. It was this ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context Greek god English) A hermaphroditic being, associated with the worship of Cybele or Rhea

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Agdistis \Agdistis\ n. 1. Asiatic epithet for Rhea or Cybele.

Usage examples of agdistis.

Her lover, Agdistis, was immortalized through her generous and perpetual powers of lovelove that was celebrated by the Phrygian and later Lydian cultures, and then throughout the Mediterranean.