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just-another-dionysus-devotee · 1 year

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Continuation of my deity 101 is myths ! PART ONE !!

Dionysus - myths (these myths were found on theoi.com ! Some are my remeberance some are just the version from their.com )

TW DEATH ETC

I'll start off with a basic overview of his birth myth as a little intro . These are just overviews/shortened versions of the myths !!! Dionysus is often regarded as thrice born but for now I'll be focusing on the most "common or known " birth myth .

Dionysus was born to Zeus and princes Semele of Thebes . During the second trimester of her pregnancy hera found out and tricked her into asking Zeus to appear infront of her in all his godly glory bound by oath Zeus did as asked despite knowing what will happen. This in turn killed her but not thier inborn child. Zeus took the child and sewed him into his thigh in order to carry him though the third trimester and later "give birth to him " after which he entrusted the care of newborn dionysus to some nymphs on mount Nysa the identity of then nymphs change depending on myth , also depending on region and myth dionysus' later life myths are slightly differing. In a most common myth it is said that he was later given to his aunt (semeles sister and husband) to be looked after . Though when hera found about about his whereabouts she drove the couple Mad causing them to kill both thier children.

Many of dionysus' myths entale him being wronged in some sort of way and him driving them mad as a way of punishment though this isn't all he's known for , a myth in which he instructed the hero ikarios (not ikaros) in the art of winemaking , though some shepherds thought that the wine contained poisons and killed him , dionysus filled will sorrow for the young man sent him to be amongst the stars as the constellation bootes .

Another myth important to dionysus is his myth of finding Ariadne who later became his wife . She also has many myths but the most common being she was apart of the myth where she assisted Theseus in killing the minotaur , they later fled to Naxos where she was abandoned there , soon to be discovered by dionysus . Thier marriage differs from myth but the one I'll talk about is where she became his wife as a mortal , where she later was killed by king Perseus in a war , after this dionysus descended into the underworld to retrieve her and brough her back to Olympus with him to become a goddess of her own .

Dionysus was said to be the discoverer of wine and the grapevine , I'll add a few here : Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 2. 29 (trans. Aldrich) (Greek mythographer C2nd A.D.) :

"Hermes took him [the infant Dionysos] to the Nymphai of Asian Nysa . . . [in his youth] Dionysos was the discoverer of the grapevine. After Hera inflicted madness upon him, he wandered over Aigyptos (Egypt) and Syria [introducing the vine]."

When Bakkhos saw the [wild] grapes with a bellyful of red juice, he bethought him of an oracle which prophetic Rheia had spoken long ago. He dug into the rock, he hollowed out a pit in the stone with the sharp prongs of his earth-burrowing pick, he smoothed the sides of the deepening hold and made an excavation like a winepress [and made the first ever batch of wine]."

This myth is a part of a much larger story but I’m adding this as it is one of my favourite parts : the last feat of Dionysus was performed on a voyage from icaria to Naxos . He hired a ship from Tyrrhenian pirates ; but the men , instead of landing at Naxos , passed by and steered towards Asia to sell him there . The god however on perceiving this , transformed the mast and oars into serpents , and himself into a lion , he filled the vessel with ivy and the sound of flutes so that the sailors ,who were filled with madness , leaped into the sea and were metamorphosed into dolphins .

This is a myth that I’m writing of from pure memory as I cannot find it right at this moment ; this myth is also a later told myth by men (Christian authors ) who were hoping to demonise the god and turn people away from his worship (to my knowledge correct me if I’m wrong this is once again from memory )

NSFW WARNING !! ———————-

When Dionysus went to hades to rescue his mother semele to bring her to Olympus , prosymnus guided him to the entrance (of the underworld ) by rowing him to the middle of the lake(alcyonian lake) . The reward asked by the man was the right to make love to Dionysus , to which he agreed , though upon returning to the lake he had found that prosymnus had died , Dionysus had kept his promise by carving a piece of fig wood into the shape of a Phallus and used it to fulfill his promise whilst seated on prosymnus’ grave .

#hellenic devotion #deity worship #hellenic pagan #dionysus #dionysus devotee #Dionysus myth

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elianzis · 19 days

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AHAHAHHA HOW TO STOP LAUGHING ABOUT THIS SCENE HE HAS TRAUMA OH MY GOD

#apollo #dionysus #blood of zeus #funny #he will never do this again #hilarious #greek gods #ancient greece #greek myth #greek myhtology

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dream--interrupted · 2 months

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Started as a random crossover between Proseka and Greek mythology/PJO. Then it went out of control. And then halfway I got lazy.

My personal favourite is Shiho's design. And Nene's, but does it really count as my design if half of it is literally from the game?

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hades-bat · 1 year

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just imagine a boy flirting with a girl in ancient greece and he tells her "you're prettier than aphrodite" and instead of blushing and saying "thank you" she goes BRO ARE YOU KIDDING ME ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND WHY THE F*CK DID YOU SAY THAT DO YOU WANT ME F*CKING DEAD OR WHAT

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medusaspeach · 3 months

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ehh i will do something with this one day... it's been sitting in my drafts for a while.

#wip #dionysus #pentheus #blood #i need to stop giving everyone bangs #greek myth

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thesteamhunk · 3 months

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A few exerts from The Frogs by Aristophanes (translated by E. D. A. Morshead) because Dionysus in this play is one of the funny bitches imaginable

#greek myth #greek mythology #dionysus #the frogs #aristophanes

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suburbanbeatnik · 5 months

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Dionysus and Ariadne for @margaretkart! She's wearing the famous Minoan priestess outfit with belt, apron and flounces, with a pose inspired by classic romance comic artist Nell Brinkley.

#illustration #art #sketchbook #dionysus #ariadne #dionysus x ariadne #greek mythology #greek myths #greek gods #ancient greek mythology #sketch #drawing #romance art #minoan costume #minoan dress #minoan #minoan woman #ancient greece

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vdoes · 8 months

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Ariadne

"She was the darling of the gods and she has her emblem in the sky..."

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#v does art #artists on tumblr #dionysos #dionysus #greek mythology #digital art #pagan #ariadne #greek myth #greek gods

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gotstabbedbyapen · 7 months

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#apollo #hermes #dionysus #greek gods #greek deity #greek mythology #greek myth memes #sibling shenanigans #doggos

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iamtotallycool · 1 year

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An amazing birthday present from @nnobodiusart / @nnobodoodles (want to make sure they get all the credit). Who just made me have all sorts of feels and they spoil me! <3

Ariadne and Dionysus are hands down my favorite Greek mythology couple. They have so much untapped potential and my list for all my head cannons for them are ever growing.

I can guarantee that I will be staring at this multiple times as I get my inspo and creativity flowing to write my story for them!

#ariadne #dionysus #greek mythology #olympus #friend's art #bacchus #greek myths

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cityoftheangelllls · 1 month

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Here it is: my completed first Greek mythology series!

Which one is your favorite?

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elianzis · 8 days

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Dionysus��

#art #my art #digital art #digital drawing #artwork #fan art #digital #greek mythology #greek myth #dionysus #greek myths #greek god

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gotham-at-nightfall · 3 months

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Greek Gods

By Tyler Miles Lockett

#greek myths #zeus #hades #poseidon #ares #apollo #hermes #hephaestus #dionysus #mythology #twitter art

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amiti-art · 8 months

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Dionysus my beloved

I might end up changing the clothes slightly later on. I'm not sure if I like the shape of the purple robe, but I do like the jewelry so it's definitely staying

#dionysus #dionysos #greek gods #greek myth art #greek mythology #greek pantheon #my art #character design #gods designs

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medusaspeach · 1 year

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Unruly 🌱 🌿 twitter | print available 🌿

#dionysus #greek gods #greek myth #portrait #sketch #medusa's peach #hair gets longer everytime i draw smh #should make character sheet for consistency

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sol-thorne · 11 months

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To everyone who liked my Greek gods, big news: I HAVE MORE.

Finally found the time to work on the rest of the Olympians (aka Hephaestus, Demeter and Hestia), plus a bonus Hades and Persephone! I'm grouping them all up in one post, that's a whole 16 characters done WHOO.

Thanks to everyone who was so supportive on my first lineup! This was a very fun project and now I'll be able to fanart SO MUCH mythology stuff.

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