Dionysus ndiMwari wechiGiriki wokubereka. Akanga achionekwawo kuti ndiye mutongi we winemaking. Baba vake vaiva Zeusi, uye amai vake vakanga vari vakadzi vanofa, Semel. Hera akanga ane shungu kwazvo nemurume wake uye nenzira inonyengedza akakurudzira Semeri kubvunza Zeus kuti auye kwaari uye akaratidza simba rake rose. Nemheni yake, akaisa moto kuimba yeadikanwa wake uye akafa, asi akakwanisa kubereka mwana asati azvarwa. Zeus akaswededza Dionysus muchidya chake uye panguva yakatarwa akazvarwa patsva.
Chii chinozivikanwa pamusoro pemwari anobereka muGreece?
Vakatorawo Dionysus mubatsiri wekufara uye kuwirirana kwevanhu. Mune simba rake raivewo mweya yemasango nemhuka. Mwari wekubereka aivewo ane simba rekufemerwa kwaakapa kune vamwe vanhu. Chiratidzo cheDionysus chaifunga somuzambiringa kana ivy. Zvitsvene zvitsvene kuna mwari uyu zvaiva maonde uye maruva. Pakati pemhuka, zviratidzo zveDionysus zvaiva: nzombe, nondo, shumba uye dolphin. MuGirisi yekare, mwari wekubereka akaratidzwa semukomana muduku kana mwana. Pamusoro wake waiva muchero wemuzambiringa kana ivy. Chirevo chemwari uyu chaiva tsvimbo ine purosi yepruce, yakashongedzwa nembwa kana mazambiringa. Yakadanwa ichinyorwa. Unyanzvi hukuru nesimba reDionysus ndiko kukwanisa kutumira upenzi kune vamwe.
Vakanamata mwari wekare wechiGiriki wekubereka Bacchante uye maenads, avo vakatevera Dionysos pazvitsitsinho zvake. Vakashongedza nemashizha emuzambiringa. Mune nziyo dzavo vakarumbidza mwari wekubereka. Dionysus aigara achifamba pasi uye akadzidzisa munhu wose winemaking. Achitenda masimba ake, aigona kubvisa kubva kuzvitarisiro zvepasi, mabasa, uyewo musimba rake kugadzirisa kushungurudzika kwevanhu. VaGiriki vairemekedza Dionysus uye vakaita mhemberero dzakasiyana mukukudzwa kwake. Pavari, vanhu vanoisa zvipfeko zvembudzi uye vanoimba nziyo dzakazvitsaurira kuna Mwari. Dzimwe nguva mazororo akapera mukunyanyisa, panguva iyo mhuka uye kunyange vana vakaurayiwa.