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| 説明 | Many believe Dionysus is frequently misunderstood as simply a party guy instead of a party guide which began with the Romans who called him Bacchs. Writing for quora.com, Sarah McLean gives us an excellent description of the other ways to approach the Carnaval god. Check out our significantly expanded 2022 visual guide here: www.pinterest.com/carnavalbz/dionysus/Hedonistic: This kind of goes without saying, doesn’t it? Dionysus’ whole thing is that pleasure and ecstasy can be a transcendental, spiritual experience. Dionysus is not a god of excess, or at least, he doesn’t have to be. His simplest message is enjoy life! Pleasure can be a thing worth living for, as long as it’s productive and not “empty” (i.e. a means of avoidance, “drowning your sorrows”).Laid-back and fun-loving: As gods go, Dionysus is relatively down-to-earth and approachable. He doesn’t always approach humans as a lofty, intimidating, and overwhelming deity. He is comfortable engaging with humans on their terms and appearing as easygoing and friendly. Sit down, have a drink! The gruff and jaded Dionysus of Percy Jackson just doesn’t sit well with me. I personally think that Dionysus is able to laugh at himself — The Frogs, which outright mocks him, was written and presented to him at his festival.Manic and savage: Of course, the flip side of this is that he also embodies the “dark” side of alcohol — the violent, chaotic, maddened savagery that comes with ecstasy, the impulse to scream and tear and destroy. Frenzy. It can be really scary! It simultaneously brings the human to a divine state and also to an animalistic state. All humans have this savagery within them, no matter how “rational” and “logical” they believe themselves to be. It’s healthiest to let it out in a safe environment, like after a few drinks at a party, lest it manifest in much scarier ways.Loud: One of his most common epithets, Bromios, means “the noisy.” “Loud-shouting” is another common variant used to describe him. And by loud, I don’t just mean loud like your perpetually drunk friend. I mean primal screaming.Melodramatic: This is just my personal interpretation, but he’s literally the god of theater and theatrics. Why wouldn’t he have a theatrical personality? He certainly agrees with Shakespeare that “all the world’s a stage,” and the stage acts as a mirror for reflecting back human society, human failings, human temperaments. I imagine that he is as flamboyant as a diva with the histrionic passion of every theater nerd in high school. It doesn’t come across as affected, though. It’s just the way he prefers to express himself.Bohemian non-conformist: The hippie movement in the 1960s and 70s must have basically been a secular resurgence of the Dionysian cult. Let’s strip naked, bathe in the nearest spring, make love, and get high as a kite! YEAH! Add some transcendental spirituality, shamanistic practices, and primal screaming… and yeah, you’ve got a Bacchanal, lacking nothing. In various parts of its history, the Cult of Dionysus has been popular among the hedonistic overlords of society and also various marginalized groups. Likewise, Dionysus tends to take everything society values — reason, logic, grandeur, sophistication, gentility, gender norms — and throw them straight out the window. He’s called “the liberator” because he frees people from their own inhibitions and from societal norms.Subversive and unsettling: Dionysus is a trickster, but not a traditional trickster god like Hermes. He doesn’t pull pranks or screw people over; he likes making them uncomfortable. Like I said above, his existence forces people to question social norms and reassess their values. He expresses all taboos, like death, sex, effeminacy, and decadence. Because of this, he can come across as disconcerting, like a pair of crazed eyes staring right at you from behind an animal mask. He’s kind of like the Cheshire Cat, and equally mad.Both merciful and ruthless, lacking pettiness: He’s kind of the exception that proves the rule, here. As Greek gods go, he’s tough to anger, and he doesn’t punish unreasonably. The only things that really piss him off are denying his divinity, and committing crimes against his worshippers. For these transgressions, he will drive you insane, or literally have you dismembered by a bunch of madwomen! I like to think he’d be the type to grin and giggle coquettishly before giving the command to have you torn to shreds. His power is to be respected, but he is usually inclined towards mercy.Sensual: As gods go, he’s very carnal. He embodies the fusion of the sensual with the spiritual, the achievement of enlightenment through pleasures of the flesh. Not just sex, but also dance, uncivilized music, wine, milk, and honey, running, screaming, singing, throwing yourself down in the grass and writhing in it. I perceive Dionysus as a beautiful, androgynous young man with long hair, wearing only vines and a scarf, dancing seductively in the woods.Dual-natured: If you haven’t gathered by now, Dionysus is a dual and liminal god. He can be kind, gentle, and easygoing, or completely insane and violent, and that switch can happen pretty quickly. He is both human and divine, both an Olympian and chthonic, both carnal and spiritual, both male and female. He stands between life and death and at the edge of sanity. To me, Dionysus represents is the process of confronting the dark self, the savage self, the masked self. Like Dionysus, each and every one of us is dual. |
| 撮影日 | 2022-07-11 22:36:55 |
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