Mwari mukurumbira wewaini uye kunakidza ndiDionysus. Shanduro yake yekare yeRoma ndiyo Bacchus. Nhoroondo dzinotaura kuti ndiye mwanakomana waZeusi, uye amai ndivo vakadzi vanofa - Semel. Dionysus yaifungidzirwa kuti ndiye akasika mazambiringa , uye aive nekwanisi yekuponesa vanhu kubva kunetseka nematambudziko akasiyana-siyana. Munyika yose aifamba nevatendi, silenas uye vapristakadzi, vainzi maenads.
Chii chinozivikanwa pamusoro peMwari wekare wechiGiriki wewaini uye kunonakidza?
Nhema yekuzvarwa kwemwari uyu inofadza. Apo mudzimai waZeusi, Hera, akaziva kuti murume wake akanga ane pamuviri neafa, akasarudza kuparadza mwana. Akaita zvose zvaikwanisika kuitira kuti Zeus aoneke kuna Semele mune simba rake rese. Apo mwari ane simba akauya kwaari mumheni, imba yacho yakabata moto uye muviri womukadzi wacho wapisa, asi akakwanisa kubereka mwana asati azvarwa. Zeus, kumudzivirira akavhara rusvingo rwehu, uye mushure mekunge asunungura mwana muhudyu yake. Mwedzi mitatu gare gare, Dionysus akaberekwa uye akapiwa simba kuti adzidzise Hermes.
Vakaratidza Dionysus sejaya risina kupfeka rine ruvara rwehuki kana mashizha omuzambiringa uye mabheji pamusoro wake. Mumaoko evashandi, anonzi Tyrs. Chirevo chayo chinoumbwa nepine cones - chiratidzo chekare chekubereka, uye gumbo rakafukidzwa neshi. Mune mifananidzo yakawanda, Dionysus yakaratidzwa nemhuka dzezvibayiro: mbudzi nenzombe. Akatasva pangoro yakaswededzwa nevatendi uye ingwe.
VaGiriki vairemekedza mwari uyu uye kazhinji vaipedza mazororo akasiyana-siyana, ayo akapera mukudhakwa uye kufadza. Kukudza Dhionysus mwari wewaini uye kunakidza, vaGiriki vaiita mitambo yemitambo uye vakaimba rumbidzo. Vakamutenda nokuti vakakwanisa kubvisa matambudziko uye vanofara. Mune simba raDionysus raiva yekuvandudza mweya wemunhu, kupisa zvido uye kupa kukurudzira. Vanhu vanofunga kuti iyewo ndiye mubati wemichero yemichero.