Unkulunkulu onqabileyo kakhulu wewayini kunye nokuzonwabisa kumnandi nguDionysus. Ingxelo yakhe yakudala yamaRoma nguBacchus. Imithetho ithi uyindodana kaZeus, kwaye unina ngumfazi ofayo-uSemel. UDionysus wayebhekwa njengomdali weidiya , naye wayenako ukugcina abantu kwiinkxalabo kunye neengxaki ezahlukeneyo. Ehlabathini lonke wahamba kunye nabathetheli, izilwanyana kunye nabafundisikazi, ezibizwa ngokuba ziziinkulungwane.
Yintoni eyaziwayo ngonqulo lwamaGrike lwamaGrike kunye nolonwabo?
Inkolelo yokuzalwa kwaloo thixo inomdla. Xa umfazi kaZeus, uHera, efumanisa ukuba umyeni wakhe ukhulelwe ngumntu ofayo, wagqiba ekubeni atshabalalise umntwana. Wenza konke okusemandleni ukuze uZeus abonakale kuSemele ngamandla akhe onke. Xa unkulunkulu onamandla weza kuye emkhanyeni, indlu yabamba umlilo kwaye umzimba womfazi washisa, kodwa wakwazi ukubeletha umntwana osanda kuzalwa. UZeus, ukumkhusela waluqhayisa udonga lwe-ivy, kwaye emva kokusondeza umntwana entanyeni yakhe. Emva kweenyanga ezintathu, uDionysus wazalelwa waza wanikezelwa ukufundisa uHermes.
Bachaza uDionysus njengendoda ebhinqileyo eneenqatha ze-ivy okanye iidiya zamagilebhisi kunye nezikhwebu entloko. Kwizandla zabasebenzi, ababizwa ngokuba nguTyrs. Isalathiso salo senziwe ngamaconsi epayini - uphawu lwangaphambili lokuzala, kwaye umlenze uhlanganiswe nemibhobho. Kwizinto ezininzi zokudweba, uDionysus wayebonakaliswe nezilwanyana zesibingelelo: iibhokhwe neenkomo. Wayehamba enqwelweni ekhonywe ngamaphepheni kunye neengwe.
AmaGrike ahlonipha lo thixo kwaye wayehlala echitha iiholide ezahlukeneyo, ezagqitywa ekudakwa kunye nokuzonwabisa. Ukuhlonela uDionysus unkulunkulu wewayini kunye nokuzonwabisa, amaGrike enza iimidlalo zengoma kunye nokuhlabelela. Bambulela ngokuba banako ukulahla iingxakini baze bavuye. Ngamandla kaDionysus kwakuwukuhlaziya umoya wobuntu, ukutshabalalisa ukuthanda nokukhuthaza. Abantu babecinga ukuba naye ungumgcini wezityalo zezityalo.