#thyone

[beatingdrumspouringwine]

Hymn to Semele-Thyone, Mother of Queer Folks

I praise the mortal Semele-become Immortal Thyone, The Mother of Raving and Joyful Dionysos, Who holds the hands of men He loves in gentle ecstasy, And who shakes Her locks when, in shaded mountain pastures, She runs wild with Her beloved maenads. I praise You, O Semele-Thyone, One so beloved by this God that He descended to the Underworld to raise You again, And who continues to nurture His flocks of maenads, Leading them deeper into revelry, Lifting wines sweeter than mortals can comprehend to lips pleading for madness. Come now to Your Son's people, The ones wrapped in vibrant cloaks that shimmer like bright flowers in early-summer breezes, Or the ones who can only hold themselves. Come to those who kick up their heels among friends, Waving their heads and laughing in bodies that glitter and are perfectly their own, Or to those who sit rebellious in church pews, Knowing not yet their worth or their joy, and living a painful experience. To all may You lift the same sweet cup that You give to the maenads, And may we drink to our hearts' content, And share in the same joy.

[dandelionwineram]

Semele Thyone, mother of Dionysos, Alcohol Markers, January 2024

[inkyucu]

We're gonna pretend that I'm not answering these extremely late

Anyway uh

H u g

And... Confusion, probably

( @wonders-sunlight )

[hermesmoly]

Thyone: this is the “fuck Hera” club. in this club we say "fuck you" to Hera

Iris, sweating nervously: I may have made a mistake

[brimo5]

Dionysus: If I'm not the God of Wine anymore, what else am I supposed to do? Hera: (voice from the sky) Performing arts, without objections! Dionysus: Excuse me, who asked for your opinion? Persephone: Never mind her, you're strong enough to do anything you want, kid. Semele: Wow, wow! What about being the God of International Relations? Isis: Yeah, you should definitely study abroad!

[sarafangirlart]

There's this goddess from greek mythology called thyone. Basically, she was known as semele, yeah, the same semele that is the mother of dionysus. Sometime after her death, her son dionysus went to the underworld to bring her to olympus, and there she became a goddess, The goddess of The Bacchic frenzy.

Can you image semele reaction that from being a mortal woman that got incenerated by zeus and then years later her son that she didn't knew he survived visit her, bring her to olympus and she become a goddess

I know right it’s crazy.

[bugwolfsstuff]

If Semele has no fans then assume i'm dead.

[the-moon-thyone]

Hello!

New gimmick blog.

Name: Thyone

Pronouns: she/they

I'm one of Jupiter's moons, my name comes from Greek mythology, and i am the mother of Dionysus. Also goddess of the Bacchic frenzy.

uhhhh... if you want to know anything else, ask?

[dionysusismydaddy]

Silenus, Semele, Acratus, Ampelus

[beatingdrumspouringwine]

Dionysos Loves His Mom(s), a very long essay

Going to just preface this by saying that I may/may not have gone a bit overboard, but I hope everyone enjoys reading my rambles on how amazing it is that we still have this message even through to day, how important this is for our understanding of Dionysos, and also just a little bit of (what I hope will come across as) Semele appreciation :) Also, I did write this during finals week, so if it seems rambly, please bear with me ;-;

And for clarification, I'll be referring to Semele with capitalized pronouns because even though She was human, mythologically, while carrying Dionysos, She was also deified by Him after He brought Her up from the Underworld.

The first interesting thing is that we get our description of Dionysos, as well as the love he shows for His Mother, in Greek mythology. While myths are usually pretty good resources for understanding the Gods, they are also usually written by the people who are in power at the time - which would be specifically older men who were not slaves. Because of this, a lot of myths tend to trend towards the "male" perspective of the Athenians. Also because of this, women are frequently represented in a very negative light, or at least as being relatively unimportant.

There are no Gods who have quite a relationship with Their Mothers like Dionysos has of His. Some of the Gods technically have no mother, like Aphrodite and Athena, and others just... don't seem to have much of a relationship at all. And this isn't necessarily to say that the Gods that we worship don't love Their Mothers, but more that the popular attitude of Greek society was simply to push women off to the side, and let the men take the glory.

And then, strangely, we have Dionysos, He Who Takes No Shit When It Comes to Women, as well as Him Who Has Two Moms. He's already something of an anti-Athena in Greek mythology, for while She was born of Zeus's head, and Metis was a sort of mother-base, Dionysos was born of two mothers, and from Zeus, in a way that echoes an intimate, "maternal" sort of birth, instead of the detached birth of Athena. And we know full well that Dionysos did not forget about either of His first two mothers. Persephone and Him famously get along well enough that they shared a rite in the form of the Eleusinian Mysteries, and it is to Persephone that initiates go, telling Her that the Bakkhic One Himself has freed us!

And we haven't even touched on Semele! It's one thing to have a divine Mother to welcome us to the afterlife. It's another thing to have a once-human-become-Goddess Mother in the form of Semele-Thyone. And Dionysos loves Her as well, very much so as well! Even though He never met Her as a child, He still very clearly has a lot of love for Her. At the start of the Bacchae, when Dionysos first arrives in Thebes, you will notice that one of the very first things He mentions in His monologue is that His mother is being disrespected by King Pentheus, and that this disrespect is part of the reason why He has driven the women of the city mad, as well as the sisters of Semele, who also were disrespecting Her.

This loyalty is only further emphasized by the fact that even though Semele is dead at the time of the Bacchae (and obviously after it as well, as the myth of Dionysos traveling to the underworld is an entirely separate story). And yet we must once again emphasize that this was written in a time where mothers were so often thrown under the bus (or horse-drawn chariot), and all of these myths were notably written by men, as far as we know. It seems that there is an inherent thread which ties Dionysos to the world of women, or at least has Him incredibly sympathetic to it, and one which could not be broken with all of the hyper-patriarchal nonsense that was woven deep into the cultural fabric of ancient Greece, especially Athens.

And to finish this fun little rant off, I want to offer two significantly longer ideas than the initial thing that I wrote! One for reflection on how we relate to Dionysos (and how He relates to us), and another as a reflection on Semele-Thyone and how She relates to us, and how we should relate to Her.

To start, this sympathy that Dionysos shows with women does, in some ways, hits culturally closer to a sisterhood than to the way that a man would have been encouraged to act towards women in ancient Greece. Dionysos as God understands His band of madwomen's own self-worth, and does not question their autonomy. Instead, he seems to encourage it, especially with all of the sassing he gives Pentheus while being grilled by him. This is such a good thing for all of us. Not only is Dionysos a friend of humanity, but He is specifically a friend for the marginalized. Whoever finds themselves marginalized in society will be His "favorites", so to speak, because that is where He truly finds His followers. It's almost as if He naturally finds where there is a power imbalance, and jumps on the other side to even things out, even if it is a little bit. I also think that this same "purposeful marginalization" is something which adds further theological credence to Dionysos being also validly a trans woman and nonbinary, as He does not sit within a patriarchal "Him"-ness, but rather within a "Him"-ness that refers to a more equal world.

Moving on to Semele-Thyone, we have a wonderful ally in a divine woman, sympathetic to humans, who knows full well not only the sufferings of humanity, and the pain in disrespect, but also the importance of kindness and respect towards others. In Greek mythological and religious canon, Semele-Thyone became the Goddess of the Bacchic revel, which, if you really think about it, isn't just about the Bacchic revel (it's never "just about the Bacchic revels"). This also tells us that Thyone, like Her Son, is also a God of the marginalized. Like Dionysos, She oversees the safety and wellbeing of the community which Her Son has founded. In some way, Thyone has become a Mom to all of us, through Her assistance with the divine inspiration that strikes frenzied devotees. It's a caring thing, too!

Anyways, the long and short of this is - Dionysos loves His Mom, Semele-Thyone is an incredibly underrated Goddess, and Mother's Day was yesterday. So hug your mom if you've got a good relationship with her, and if not, we can all borrow Dionysos' Mom :)

[wonders-sunlight]

Random drawings of Thyone & Solar (from TSAMS/The Sun & Moon show)

Thyone likes his universe Solar, & his fav versions of Solar are the evil versions- (the one that is show is a swap au & that Solar is swapped with Nexus/New Moon)

Pls don't get mad at me bc of the ship-

[silentneptune]

Took a trip down memory lane by drawing out my old Nintendask swooper gijinka girlie Thyone from my AskTheSwoop days.... rip, I miss her and her fruity brother Brahm everyday 🦇💙💜

[30fury]

hail dionysus in vines, roaming in dark caves, smoke of incense curling around the eaves. with honeyed hands do you craft divine speech, accompanied by bright thyone and ariadne of crete. madness and truth do you dispel from wine-deep lips, blessings granted by loving fingers. to you i sing of first; i shall remember you and another song!

[clockworkbee]

sometimes family is just a bookworm obsessed with learning a dead language and finding a lost city's name, a bunch of god babies brought up by two ghosts, and the golden boy jealous of the blue one.

[xx0yeet-everything0xx]

wheres my thyon and ruza folks at 🥺🥺

[bugwolfsstuff]

Thyone (Semele), standing at the edge of the water: Ino, you have the sea, Semele has gained the round heavens! Give me place! I had an immortal husband in Cronides the plower of my field, who brought forth the fruit of my birth instead of me; but you were wedded to a mortal mate Athamas, the murderer of your family. Your son’s lot is the sea, but my son will come to the house of Zeus to dwell in the sky. I will not compass heavenly Dionysos with Melicertes down in the water! (Dionysiaca book 10)

Leucothea (Ino): ....*grabs her ankles* *Yanks her into the water*

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Just formally mortal now godly sister things