UDionysus ungunkulunkulu wesiGreki wokuzala. Wayebhekwa njengomphathi we-winemaking. Uyise wayenguZeus, futhi unina wayeyindoda evamile yokufa, uSemel. UHera wayenomona omkhulu ngomyeni wakhe futhi ngendlela ekhohlisayo wancenga uSemel ukuba acele uZeus ukuba eze kuye futhi wabonisa wonke amandla akhe. Ngombani wakhe, wabeka umlilo endlini yomthandi wakhe futhi wafa, kodwa wakwazi ukubeletha ingane engakafiki. UZeus wathengisa u-Dionysus ethangeni lakhe futhi ngesikhathi esimisiwe wazalwa kabusha.
Yini eyaziwa ngunkulunkulu wokuzala eGrisi?
Babuye bacabangela uDionysus umgcini wenjabulo nokuxhunyaniswa kwabantu. Emandleni akhe kwakukhona imimoya yehlathi kanye nezilwane. UNkulunkulu wokuzala wabuye waba nesibopho sokuphefumulelwa asinike abanye abantu. Uphawu lukaDionysus lwalubhekwa njengomvini noma ivy. Izitshalo ezingcwele zalolu unkulunkulu kwakuyikhiwane futhi ngesihlahla sase-spruce. Phakathi kwezilwane, izimpawu zikaDionysus zaziyizinkunzi: inkunzi, inyamazane, ingonyama nehlengethwa. EGrisi lasendulo, unkulunkulu wokuzala wavezwa njengomfana omncane noma umntwana. Ekhanda lakhe kwakuyi-wreath yomvini noma ivy. Isici salowo unkulunkulu kwakuyinduku ene-spyce cone, ehlotshiswe yi-ivy noma amagilebhisi. Kubizwe ukuthi kuyadla. Ikhono eliyinhloko namandla kaDionysus yikhono lokuthumela ubuhlanya kwabanye.
Wakhulekela unkulunkulu waseGreki wasendulo wokuzala u-Bacchante nama-maenads, abaphishekela uDionysos ezithendeni zakhe. Bazihlobisa ngamaqabunga amagilebhisi. Ezingoma zabo bakhazimulisa unkulunkulu wokuzala. UDionysus wayelokhu ehamba emhlabeni njalo futhi wafundisa wonke umuntu winemaking. Ngenxa yamandla akhe, angasusa ekukhathaleleni emhlabeni, emisebenzini, futhi emandleni akhe ukuzolalisa usizi lomuntu. AmaGreki ahlonipha uDionysus futhi ahlonipha imikhosi ehlukahlukene. Kubo, abantu bagqoka izikhumba zezimbuzi futhi bahlabelela izingoma ezinikezelwe kuNkulunkulu. Ngezinye izikhathi amaholide aphelile ngenhlanhla, lapho izilwane ngisho nezingane zabulawa khona.