Nana (Greek mythology)

Nana (Greek Νάνα ) In Greek mythology, the daughter of the river god Sangarius and the mother of Attis, the son of Agdistis.

Nana was pregnant when she ate of an almond tree, which was high grown rapidly from the blood of two -sex system Agdistis after his castration. Whether this " shameful " action Nana was imprisoned by her father, so that they starve, but was of the Great Mother, another name for Cybele - and sometimes also the name of Agdistis after its / their emasculation - with fruit and Jell- alive held so that they could bring to the world Attis, who was suspended after he was born and raised by a goat.

Nana is, according to Karl Kerényi also another name for the Great Mother Cybele, which fertilizes itself, life ultimately arises from itself.

The story of Nana thus also has certain similarities to that of Danae with her ​​captivity and fertilization by Zeus.