Some researchers speculate that Hades was originally the chthonic aspect of Dionysus.
Chthonic Dionysusĭionysus is one the earliest known Greek gods with archeological evidence supporting worship of Dionysus as a god of wine dating back to at least 1300 BC with the god’s name appearing on clay tablets around the Palace of Nestor in Pylos. The idea of Hades and Dionysus being the same deity has its roots in Egypt and the Mystery Cults. Evidence that Dionysus and Hades were considered the same god or at least interchangeable exists in hymns, statues, vase paintings, and marble votives with the philosopher Heraclitus going as far as to state “Hades and Dionysus are the same”. The two gods shared several epithets such as Chthonios and Eubouleus and were both connected in rituals to Persephone, with Dionysus often being treated as Persephone’s husband. Hades and Dionysus were likely viewed as the same deity by the Mystery Cults and potentially other sects in Egypt, Greece and Southern Italy. “It’s good to see you,” he says, hand lifting to run over the back of Dionysus’ head, then further down, fingers curling around the back of his neck, coming to a rest there almost solidly, like a reassurance or a comfort.Even passive Greek mythology enthusiasts know Hades has the god of the underworld and Dionysus has the god of wine and debauchery but what if I told you their identities were much more complex? Because he finds himself simply stepping closer until he can slip arms around the young god, pull him in and wrap him up. Or maybe the soul inside his nephew calls out to him. Perhaps they are not so close that it is appropriate, but he thinks they could be. He disregards the part where behind the bar is not usually a place customers are allowed to be and simply rounds it so he can walk over to the other god. “Dionysus,” he says when he reaches the bar, his face slowly shifting to a smile. Not to say Dionysus isn’t handling it alright now, but he presumes there are many things about the young god that would be a lot easier for Dionysus himself to handle if the gods hadn’t toyed with him as they had.Īh, to descend from powerful immortality is a cruel fate indeed. It feels familiar, that struggle, only he himself had been immortal from the start and so all of him had been slightly better equipped to handle it all. He’s always been a little soft for this particular nephew of his heart in the right place yet endlessly tortured by what others had thrust upon him. He doesn’t need to recognise the face the god currently has wrapped around himself because he knows the soul inside, that frail thing imbued with a power it wasn’t meant to have a plaything of gods that touched upon things they should never have put their fingers on. Feelgood’s until the door opens for him and he steps in to see who’s behind the bar. Touch | Dionysus & is not sure why his feet have led him to Dr.
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