Oh, today is Little Christmas. It's also the
Day of Epiphany which, is the day Dionysus turns water into wine.
Well,
IMAGINE that.
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Dionysus
In some cults, he arrives from the east, as an Asiatic foreigner; and in others, from Ethiopia in the South. He is a god of epiphany, "the god that comes", and his "foreignness" as an arriving outsider-god may be inherent and essential to his cults. He is a major, popular figure of Greek mythology and religion, and is included in some lists of the twelve Olympians. His festivals were the driving force behind the development of Greek theater. He is an example of a dying god.
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