Dionysus
God of Revelry Dionysus (a.k.a. Bacchus)
Dionysus is the God of revelry, religious epiphany, and especially wine. He is the youngest of the Olympians, born to Zeus, and a mortal mother, Semele — who was later obliterated by Zeus’ glory when she demanded to see his true form. Zeus sewed the unborn Dionysus into his thigh, and when the child was born a second time, gave him up to Hermes to raise far from Hera’s jealous eye. Revered throughout the ancient world through the widespread (and occasionally dangerous) Dionysian Cult, he has served ever since as a harbinger of foreign revelation, merriment, and of madness.
The Romans call Dionysus Bacchus, but like Apollo, he differs little — a name is only a name, after all. As the quintessential foreign God who brings strange wisdom, no changes were needed, for there are always new lands to bring the wild celebration to.
All these things and more, Dionysus finds in the Modern World. No longer merely content with alcohol, he serves as the divine exemplar of every kind of high under the sun. When new chemicals are brewed, drugs no ancient Greek so much as dreamed of, Dionysus is there to sample it, to make it his own. When the children of the idle rich indulge in conspicuous consumption, Dionysus is there, presiding over the very moment that control is lost and things go a little too far. His is the two-edged blade of wisdom and excess, the line invisible until one has dashed across it — and he wouldn’t want it any other way.
Callings: Lover, Liminal, Sage
Purviews: Artistry (Theatre), Chaos, Deception, Fertility, Passion (Ecstasy), Wild
Divine Domains
God of Revelry, Vegetation, Fertility, Theatre, and Wine
Artifacts
- Thyrsus
- Mask of Dionysus
Divine Symbols & Sigils
Animals: Bull, Panther, Tiger, Lion, Goat, Snake
Symbol: Grapevine, Ivy, Theatrical Masks, Phallus
Relationships
Religions
Realm
Church/Cult
Family
Spouses
Siblings
Apollo
(Half-Brother)
Ares
(Half-Brother)
Athena
(Half-Sister)
Artemis
(Half-Sister)
Hephaestus
(Half-Brother)
Hermes
(Half-Brother)
Persephone
(Half-Sister)
Children
Gender
Man
Presentation
Androgynous
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