Sublime

Dionysus continued, his gaze warm and that hint in his voice of a thousand untold jokes.

In Greece, he was Dionysus, and although he has plenty of Wiccan followers under this name,

Bacchus

Dionysus, or Bacchus, was originally a Thracian god. The Thracians were very much less civilized than the Greeks, who regarded them as barbarians. Like all primitive agriculturists, they had fertility cults, and a god who promoted fertility. His name was Bacchus. It was never quite clear whether Bacchus had the shape of a man or of a bull. When

In mythology, Bacchus is actually something of a romantic, rescuing the goddess Ariana (the Roman name for the Greek Ariadne) from the sea and marrying her. Their relationship was among the most romantic of the ancient pantheons, and he remained faithful to her until her death.

Spiritually, Bacchus represents the need to “let loose” on occasion, and he may be called upon to help you release constrictions in any area of your life or your personality.

Bacchus, the god most known for his association with wine, was not native to the Romans, but wholly imported from the Greeks. While he was somewhat identified with the older Latin god Liber—also associated with wine and revelry—the mythology surrounding Bacchus seems to be entirely Greek in origin, with names and some details changed to fit better

in classical times the disturbing figure of ecstatic Dionysus was converted into the hairy-footed and lascivious wine-god Bacchus, the lord of orgy and, now, drunken revelry carried on in the traditional dominator style.