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Who is your favorite demi-god from antiquity.
October 24, 2017 at 9:56 am
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_demigods
Dionysus FTW.
Quote:Dionysus (/daɪ.əˈnaɪsəs/; Greek: Διόνυσος Dionysos) is the god of the grape harvest, winemaking and wine, of ritual madness, fertility,[2][3] theatre and religious ecstasy in ancient Greek religion and myth. Wine played an important role in Greek culture, and the cult of Dionysus was the main religious focus for its unrestrained consumption.[4] His worship became firmly established in the seventh century BC.[5] He may have been worshipped as early as c. 1500–1100 BC by Mycenean Greeks;[6][7] traces of Dionysian-type cult have also been found in ancient Minoan Crete.[8] His origins are uncertain, and his cults took many forms; some are described by ancient sources as Thracian, others as Greek.[9][10][11] In some cults, he arrives from the east, as an Asiatic foreigner; in others, from Ethiopia in the South. He is a god of epiphany, "the god that comes", and his "foreignness" as an arriving outsider-god may be inherent and essential to his cults. He is a major, popular figure of Greek mythology and religion, becoming increasingly important over time, and included in some lists of the twelve Olympians, as the last of their number, and the only god born from a mortal mother.[12] His festivals were the driving force behind the development of Greek theatre.[13]
You had me at ritual madness.
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RE: Who is your favorite demi-god from antiquity.
October 24, 2017 at 9:58 am
Yeah, definitely Dionysus.
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RE: Who is your favorite demi-god from antiquity.
October 24, 2017 at 10:02 am
Jesus cuz he loves you long time. Oh shit, he's cumming again!
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RE: Who is your favorite demi-god from antiquity.
October 24, 2017 at 10:06 am
(October 24, 2017 at 10:02 am)Whateverist Wrote: Jesus cuz he loves you long time. Oh shit, he's cumming again!
Hey, if you only came every 2,000+ years you'd be pissed too.
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RE: Who is your favorite demi-god from antiquity.
October 24, 2017 at 10:15 am
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Yum Kaax, a hunter-gatherers demi-god that could sing an arrow into flying a circle. Likely predates the rise of agriculture (or was a response to it) in meso-america and can be found in derivative from central america all the way up to the arctic.
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RE: Who is your favorite demi-god from antiquity.
October 24, 2017 at 10:20 am
(October 24, 2017 at 9:58 am)Crossless2.0 Wrote: Yeah, definitely Dionysus.
Or Bacchus, if you prefer your debauchery with a Roman flair.
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RE: Who is your favorite demi-god from antiquity.
October 24, 2017 at 10:21 am
(October 24, 2017 at 10:20 am)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: (October 24, 2017 at 9:58 am)Crossless2.0 Wrote: Yeah, definitely Dionysus.
Or Bacchus, if you prefer your debauchery with a Roman flair.
Greeks had better parties.
I also notice Hippolyta was the daughter of Ares. I am STUNNED that DC would get that wrong.
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RE: Who is your favorite demi-god from antiquity.
October 24, 2017 at 2:42 pm
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Thor. He's sexy with a hammer.
Not really caring if he's one or not.
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RE: Who is your favorite demi-god from antiquity.
October 24, 2017 at 2:44 pm
Priapus.
Soooo jealous.
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RE: Who is your favorite demi-god from antiquity.
October 24, 2017 at 2:47 pm
Man.... looking at that list... Zeus sure got around a lot.
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