Cotys

Also known as Kotys, Kotyto, Cotytto

thumb|Greek vase painting depicting a goddess, probably either Bendis or Kotys, adorned in Thracian garb approaching a seated [[Apollo. Red-figure bell-shaped krater by the Bendis Painter, –370 BCE]]Kotys ( '), also called Kotytto' (Κοτυττώ), was a Thracian goddess whose festival, the Cotyttia'', resembled that of the Phrygian Cybele, and was celebrated on hills with riotous proceedings and orgiastic rites, especially at night.

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thumb|Greek vase painting depicting a goddess, probably either Bendis or Kotys, adorned in Thracian garb approaching a seated [[Apollo. Red-figure bell-shaped krater by the Bendis Painter, –370 BCE]]Kotys ( '), also called Kotytto' (Κοτυττώ), was a Thracian goddess whose festival, the Cotyttia, resembled that of the Phrygian Cybele, and was celebrated on hills with riotous proceedings and orgiastic rites, especially at night.

==Etymology== The name Kotys is believed to have meant "war, slaughter", akin to Old Norse Höðr "war, slaughter".