Attis broke his vow of fidelity to Magna Mater by taking the tree nymph Sagaritis as his lover in the Phrygian woods.
Magna Mater destroyed the nymph Sagaritis by felling her tree, punishing Attis's infidelity by killing the rival who had stolen his devotion.
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