dionysianfreak

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The black goat

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Hello friends. I'll be taking a small hiatus in order to adjust to my new home. my shop will remain open for the time being, thank you to all my wonderful customers 🥹💕🩷🐍

I will probably come and go occasionally, but this is my notice of complete inconsistency. thank you for understanding.

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New niche. Tiny Holy of Holies.

Reorganizing all the shrines.

The Satyroi and the Dionysian coterie get their own space now amidst the wine bottles; therefore, Big D gets this shelf to Themself.

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Bacchus, who woke my spirit, teach me to dance beneath both life-giving sun and guiding moon so that I may live, so that I may thrive so that I may one day die beloved in your arms, knowing I did more than survive

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Attributed to Joseph-Charles Marin, 1759-1834

Cybèle, n/d, terracotta, 35x24x16 cm (Inscription: A la mère de tou / To the mother of all)

Musée Cognacq-Jay (France)

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Eileithyia, the Ancient Greek goddess of childbearing and midwifery.

Not much is given to her description or symbolic associations in ancient art and writing, so I leaned into the practice of midwifery to make her design feel more meaningful. She is depicted as a midwife preparing a mother for delivery, sitting on a stool and holding a sponge in one hand. In her other hand, she holds a torch aloft, which is in reference to her cult image at Aigion as described by Pausanias. The basket next to her contains a lekythos of olive oil (depicting the birth of Athene), bandages, and mugwort which would have been used by ancient midwives. The distaff is reference to her being described as a deft spinner and her frequent association with the Moirai. The polecat is symbolizes the myth of Galanthis, who was transformed into the animal by Eileithiya for tricking her into releasing Alcmene from her labor during the birth of Heracles. 

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prosymnus as the hanged man for the dionysian tarot deck 🍇

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"Burnout"

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a little illustration of Apollo and his cows :>

kinda been obsessed with Greek mythology for a while now (bc of epic lol) sooo yea i planned to design all olympians gods (wish me luck)

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[God of the week: Dionysus]

You can now send ask to him til next Friday

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Dionysos is a fungal god whose body creeps underfoot. Connector of terrestrial plants, nourisher of the forest.

Hyphal Theos with hunger unmatched, consuming all Thanatos has claimed. The dead cling to Them in the stillness of the forest. It is Dionysos who prepares us for death; It is Dionysos who strips us to bone.

Upon Gaea's every face lies the fruiting Dionysos. The swelling, fertile God releases Their spores that embrace every surface

Within us They dwell, bring us to our knees They will. The cure for our pains lies within His grasp—alongside Asklepios does Their curiosity tread.

Teacher, Cultivator, Lover of Ampelos. Mighty are you in the thousands, consuming and fermenting like a starving beast. Thriving Dionysos from whose body we carve wine, feeding Him to Themselves in neverending bliss.

So hail to you, Dionysos of the Mycelium ! Boisterously do you celebrate the lives we are given. Gently will you deliver us back into the arms of the mother.

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Hi, I love your work! Do you take ceramics commissions?

hello lovely, and thank you !!

currently my ceramics shop is closed and I'll be moving before it opens again, so for now I won't be able to make more ceramic items until further notice. I'm hoping to find an accessible studio in the place I'm moving to !

thank you for the interest and I'll be posting when I'm able to make more pots 💕

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another mask portrait with colors inspired by @jagalart

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throwback thursday: ‘forge ahead’