Dionysus ndi mulungu wachigriki wa kubereka. Ankatchedwanso kuti ndi woyang'anira winemaking. Bambo ake anali Zeus, ndipo amayi ake anali amayi wamba, Semel. Hera anali ndi nsanje kwambiri ndi mwamuna wake ndipo mwachinyengo anamupempha Semel kuti afunse Zeus kuti abwere kwa iye ndi kusonyeza mphamvu zake zonse. Anayatsa nyumba ya wokondedwa wake ndi mphezi yake, koma analephera kubereka mwana wakhanda asanakwane. Zeu anasokera Dionysus mu ntchafu yake ndi nthawi yoikika kuti anabadwanso.
Kodi nchiyani chomwe chimadziwika ponena za mulungu wobereka ku Greece?
Iwo adaganiziranso Dionysus wotsogolera chisangalalo ndi kugwirizanitsa anthu. Mu mphamvu yake analiponso mizimu ya nkhalango ndi zinyama. Mulungu woberekanso anali ndi udindo wa kudzoza kumene adapatsa kwa anthu ena. Chizindikiro cha Dionysus chinkaonedwa ngati mpesa kapena ivy. Zopatulika za mulungu uyu zinali nkhuyu ndi spruce. Pakati pa zinyama, zizindikiro za Dionysus zinali: ng'ombe, nswala, mkango ndi dolphin. Kale la Greece, mulungu wobereka anawonetsedwa ngati mnyamata kapena mwana. Pamutu pake munali korona wa mpesa kapena ivy. Chikhumbo cha mulungu uyu chinali ndodo yokhala ndi spyce cone, yokongoletsedwa ndi ivy kapena mphesa. Adaitanidwa. Mphamvu yaikulu ndi mphamvu ya Dionysus ndizokhoza kutumiza umisala kwa ena.
Ankalambira mulungu wakale wa Chigriki wa Bacchante wochulukitsa ndi maenads, omwe adamutsatira Dionysos. Anadzikongoletsa ndi masamba a mphesa. Mu nyimbo zawo adalemekeza mulungu wobereka. Dionysus nthawi zonse ankayenda padziko lapansi ndikuphunzitsa aliyense winemaking. Chifukwa cha mphamvu zake, amatha kuchotsa kuntchito, ntchito, komanso mphamvu zake kuti athetse chisoni cha umunthu. Agiriki ankalemekeza Dionysus ndipo ankachita nawo zikondwerero zosiyanasiyana. Pa iwo, anthu amavala zikopa zambuzi ndi kuimba nyimbo zoperekedwa kwa Mulungu. Nthaŵi zina maholide ankatha mwadzidzidzi, pomwe nyama ndi ana anaphedwa.