#dionysosdeity

[winestainedpoetry]

Dripping red,

Bright as gems,

Trailing down my chin.

Eyes wild,

Teeth bared,

I take the heart

And bite it.

I am as my ancestors,

Wild and untamed.

"Meanads," they called them.

Those who refused

To be constrained.

Followers of the divine,

Embracing in his mysteries.

The coiling of snakes,

The leopard's snarl,

The bull's roar,

Shrieking in my ears,

As I pour another libation.

Like Him,

I refuse to be caged.

[earthendevotion]

The doubt within me collapses into dust

When I'm met with the whimsical light of your golden presence.

Like the crisp taste of a grape in June,

You renew me.

Let me amble beside you,

Picking flowers for your bramble crown,

And delight in the ecstacy of your madness.

[thequeerofdelphi]

My lovely altar on this warm and sunny Beltane 2022

[phemonoi]

it's okay. you can be vulnerable in front of the gods. you can cry your heart out. you can be naked. you can dance like an idiot. you can scream, enraged, or break down in silence. you can be yourself, they will never ask you to hide your humanity or be ashamed of it.

[blackmaenad]

[dionysosandbacchus]

Head of Dionysos

Late Hellenistic or Late Republican, 1st century BC

Greek or Roman (Culture)

Terracotta

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Dionysos, god of wine and the pleasures it can bring, was extremely popular during the Hellenistic and Roman periods. The Greek kings who ruled the lands conquered by Alexander the Great took him as patron deity, and the Romans, impressed by the luxury and wealth of those kingdoms, filled their private villas with images of the god. Dionysos could be shown either as an elderly bearded man, the perfect drinking companion, or as a beautiful youth.

[chatpaienne]

Dionysus and Ares?

I know I’ve said I don’t do deities, but I just keep thinking more and more about Dionysus and, more recently, Ares.

I would appreciate some thoughts, opinions, advice, resources, etc. regarding the two as well as regarding greek gods in general.

I should mention that I currently don’t have any space where I am to set up a witch altar (all my magic stuff is still in a cardboard box that I recently got out of storage lol) let alone any devotional altars.

I have made a playlist for Dionysus and just made one for Ares (will drop links/lists if literally even one person asks)

[greekromangods]

Dionysos

Roman; 2nd century AD

After a lost Greek original 3rd century BC

Temple of Dionysos (Cyrene), Cyrenaica, Libya (Findspot)

Marble

The British Museum

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[papillon-de-suie]

[cosmiccoffeemug]

i am darkness i am light. I am rebirthed through the Divine.

Hekate's guidance, hand with key, torches blazing you watch over me. 🔦🗝️💀

Hermes dearest, trickster grand, spurring creativity through the land 🍓🍰🌸

Dionysos, how could I forget? Grapes, abundance, ecstasy abet. 🍇🍷🍾

Athena Athena, stoic and true. Assess the logic within my view ⛰️📖🧠

[theladyoflove]

I don’t interact with Dionysus at all but this song is all him and I’m addicted to it asdfgh

[grapevinesandrevelry]

[louison-myosotis]

Short intro

🖤 hi, l’m Louison, 29, non-binary, ADHD

🖤 feel free to talk to me in English or in French

🖤 worshipping Apollon, Dionysos, Thanatos

🖤 not yet worshipping Demeter, Hermes and Persephone, but soon I hope

🖤 witchcraft

🖤 arts and crafts

[phemonoi]

my way of recognizing a god is talking through someone:

what theyre saying sounds incredibly wise.

just as pythia's statements, what the person says is very vague and personal.

they don't judge, they rather give understanding.

a sense of friendliness and love is present.

they're not absolute statements, but advices and suggestions; they're ambiguous enough to let you exercise freedom and judgement.

it feels very explicative, as if a small key of a mystery was finally given to you and it all suddenly makes perfect sense.

its not how the particular person speaks to you usually; when it's a stranger, it's not the way a stranger would address you.

you just know it. you know those words were inspired by a deity.

the person speaking doesn't necessarily have to be conscious that their words were inspired by a deity or that they can cause a strong impact. they may in fact be completely oblivious to that.

[blackmaenad]

[dionysosandbacchus]

Kylix with Dionysos and a satyr

Greek; Late Archaic Period, ca. 490–480 BC

Makron Painter

Greece, Attica, Athens (Place of Manufacture)

Ceramic, Red Figure

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Dionysos holding a kantharos and a vine, and a satyr pouring from an oinochoë. At the left the inscription “The boy is handsome” (HΟΠΑΙSΚΑLΟS / HO PAIS KALOS). The whole surrounded by a circle decorated with a meander. Exterior painted black without decoration. Repaired and painted over.