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[gwynedd-chronicles]

[gwynedd-chronicles]

otherkin

[theonlinecollector]

José María Sert

Estudio de desnudos masculinos en taller, c. 1910-20

[livelovelaugh-777]

[my-yoyogurt]

The iconography of bull-horned Dionysus

"There are countless characteristics of Dionysos for those who wish to represent him in painting or sculpture, by depicting which even approximately the artist has captured the god. For instance, the ivy clusters forming a crown are the clear mark of Dionysus, even if the workmanship is poor; and a horn just springing from the temples reveals Dionysus, and a leopard, though but just visible, is a symbol of the god;" - Philostratus, Imagines 1.15 (Greek rhetorician C3rd A.D.)

[winedarkgod]

one of the things I love most about Dionysus is how they've helped me fall in love with life again. as long as my heart beats I can find joy in the thiasos of creation.

[weepingwidar]

Helen Flockhart (Scottish, 1963) - Labyrinth (2020)

[thegodwhocums]

Faun & bacchante

Thomas Baxter, 1814

NYPL digital archives

[argonauticae]

[showstevethemoney]

Steve Marais

[everyday-cutephoto]

[violetmoondaughter]

My Autumn plans 🍁🍄

[instar-rockstar]

Digital offering for Lord Dionysus! 🍇🍷

[dionysianivy]

Dionysus Aktaios

"Dionysus of the Seacoast". An ephitet for God Dionysus

[dionysianivy]

‘You are still alive, sweet friend, even if you are dead. You have kept your rosy colour and your taste of heaven. I will wear your leaves in my hair instead of snakes and wind your young shoots round my fennel wand. I will let you soak through me.’

[winedarkgod]

The joys of Dionysus had an extremely wide range, from the simple pleasures of the country bumpkin, dancing a jig on greased wineskins, to the ωμοφάγος χάρις of the ecstatic bacchanal. At both levels, and at all the levels between, he is Lusios, "the Liberator"—the god who by very simple means, or by other means not so simple, enables you for a short time to stop being yourself, and thereby sets you free.

-The Greeks and the Irrational, E. R. Dodds

[wannablegendary]

Dionysus breaks down social norms and rules, but this chaos isn’t destructive for no reason — it’s about freeing people from limitations, encouraging self-expression and transformation.