Dionysus

James Wynn · 07 Dec 2010, 23:52 · from 2010-December.txt.gz

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From: crushtv at gmail.com (James Wynn)
Date: Tue, 07 Dec 2010 17:52:59 -0600
Subject: (urth) Dionysus
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> Gerry Quinn-
> Okay, where is Dionysius referenced?  That's the one I was thinking 
> of. It seems to me that the strands linking Dionysius to the outsider 
> are very thin indeed. 

Um....the "son of Thyone", is discussed or referenced at least four 
times in Return to the Whorl. That's a big deal being made of the child 
of an extremely minor goddess. The way the child is described makes me 
think it is somehow referencing Silk...and Silk is the prophet of the 
Outsider.

Additionally, I have argued that the very word "inhuma" was chosen for 
its association with Dionysus, the god of the vine. There are 
undeniable, although unexplained, associations between the inhumi and 
vines. And Quetzal mimics Dionysus's deeds.

See the problem is something I see in my professional work all the time. 
Some people think things are  unimportant or easily done...that is, they 
are contemptuous toward them...when/because they know very little about 
them. They lack the ability to be impressed by anything not easily 
within their own grasp.

u+16b9

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