Cotys

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". Worship Worship of Kotys was apparently adopted publicly in Corinth (c. 425 BC), and perhaps privately in Athens about the same time, and was connected, like that of Dionysus, with licentious frivolity. It then included a baptismal ceremony. Kotys was often worshipped during nocturnal ceremonies, which were associated with rampant insobriety and obscene behaviour.