This is a blog stemming off of @templeof-thetheoi, this is a blog devoted to and dedicated to Dionysus, the Greek god of wine, festivity, madness, vegetation, fertility, and more
This page is for Dionysus worshippers from an Dionysus worshipper. I will share experiences, digital altars, hymns and prayers, and more.
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"I begin to sing of Dionysos ivy-crowned (kissokomes) the loud-crying (eribromos), splendid son of Zeus and glorious Semele. The rich-haired Nymphai (Nymphs) received him in their bosoms from the lord his father and fostered and nurtured him carefully in the dells of Nysa, where by the will of his father he grew up in a sweet-smelling cave, being reckoned among the immortals. But when the goddesses had brought him up, a god oft hymned, then began he to wander continually through the woody coombes, thickly wreathed with ivy and laurel. And the Nymphai followed in his train with him for their leader; and the boundless forest was filled with their outcry. And so hail to you, Dionysos god of abundant clusters (polystaphylos)! Grant that we may come again rejoicing to this season, and from that season onwards for many a year."
Other: images of the things he's associated with, leaves or curls from grapevines, ivy leaves, pinecones, wildflowers, apple seeds, goblets, leopard or tiger print objects, theatre masks, phalluses/phallic statues
Historical worship;
Patron of regions;
Boeotia; Naxos;
Edonia in Western Thrace
Holiest shrine;
Mt Kithairon (Nysa) in Boeotia, Greece (site of Bacchic orgies)
Other shrines;
Temples throughout Greece
& Asia Minor
Honoured in fertility & harvest rituals
Known festivals:
Great Dionysia - a large festival celebrated in Athens
Anthesteria - festival celebrated in Attica and lonia around the time of the January or February full moon.
Lenaia - a dramatic competition held in Athens and in some places in lonia
Colour associations;
Red — Represents wine and the blood of life. Also linked to the wild, passionate, and frenzied nature of Dionysian rituals.
Purple — Represents royalty and divinity. Also may represent the dye made from Tyrian murex shells, used in clothing for rituals and celebrations honouring Dionysus.
Green — Represents fertility and lushness of the natural world. Also linked to Ivy and grapevine.
Burgundy — Represents wine in its fermented, mature form.
Gold — Represents luxury, abundance, and divine light. Also linked to the suns role in ripening grapes for wine.
