Dionysus

James Wynn · 08 Dec 2010, 02:54 · from 2010-December.txt.gz

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From: crushtv at gmail.com (James Wynn)
Date: Tue, 07 Dec 2010 20:54:34 -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

I just remembered that Lee had connected "Silver Silk" and "Silent Silk" 
with Silvanus and Silenus. Silvanus was considered equivalent to Silenus 
who was the tutor and companion to Dionysus. Silenus makes an appearance 
in Soldier of the Mist.
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