Dionysus
God of wine, ecstasy, theatre, and liberation from societal constraints. Dionysus represents the dissolution of boundaries between self and other, civilization and nature, order and chaos. His followers, the maenads, engaged in ecstatic rituals that broke social norms. Born from Zeus's thigh after his mother's death, Dionysus embodies rebirth and transformation. His dual nature—both liberator and destroyer—reflects the ambivalence of intoxication, madness, and artistic inspiration.
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