Unkulunkulu odumile kakhulu wewayini futhi kumnandi uDionysus. Inguqulo yakhe yasendulo yamaRoma yiBacchus. Izinganekwane zithi uyindodana kaZeyus, futhi unina ngumfazi ofayo - uSemel. UDionysus wayebhekwa njengomdali wamagilebhisi , futhi wayenekhono lokusindisa abantu ezinkingeni nezinkinga ezihlukahlukene. Kuwo wonke umhlaba wayehamba nabadayisi, izilonda nabapristikazi, okuthiwa ama-maenads.
Yini eyaziwa ngunkulunkulu wasendulo wesiGreki wewayini futhi kumnandi?
Inganekwane yokuzalwa kwalowo unkulunkulu iyathandeka. Lapho umkaZeus, uHera, ezwa ukuthi umyeni wakhe ukhulelwe umuntu ofayo, wanquma ukubhubhisa ingane. Wenza konke okusemandleni ukuze uZeyus abonakale kuSemele ngamandla akhe onke. Lapho unkulunkulu onamandla efika kuye emkhanyeni, le ndlu yabamba umlilo nomzimba wesifazane washisa, kodwa wakwazi ukubeletha ingane engakafiki. UZeus, ukumvikela wavala udonga lwe-ivy, futhi ngemva kokuthungula ingane ethangeni lakhe. Ngemva kwezinyanga ezintathu, uDionysus wazalelwa futhi wahanjiswa ukufundisa uHermes.
Bachaza uDionysus njengendodana encane ehamba ne-wreath ye-ivy noma amaqabunga omvini namagqabha ekhanda lakhe. Ezandleni zabasebenzi, okuthiwa yiTyrs. Iphuzu layo lenziwe ngamaconsi ephayinsi - uphawu lasendulo lokuzala, futhi umlenze ugcwele ivy. Emidwebeni eminingi, uDionysus waboniswa nezilwane zomhlatshelo: izimbuzi nezinkunzi. Wathuthela enqoleni eyadonswa ama-panther namazingwe.
AmaGreki ahlonipha lo mkulunkulu futhi ayevame ukuchitha amaholide ahlukahlukene, okwaphela ekudakwa nasekujabuliseni. Ukuze adumise uDionysus unkulunkulu wewayini futhi ajabule, amaGreki enza imisebenzi yaseshashalazini futhi ahlabelela izindumiso. Bambonga ngokuthi uyakwazi ukuqeda izinkathazo futhi ujabule. Emandleni kaDionysus kwakuwukuvuselela umoya womuntu, ukuvutha izifiso nokunikeza ugqozi. Abantu babecabanga ukuthi naye ungumgcini wezitshalo zezithelo.