mountainRevels

E420297

Mountain revels are ecstatic, often nocturnal Dionysian rites held by Maenads in wild, remote highland settings.

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Label Occurrences
mountainRevels canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Dionysian rite
ecstatic rite
religious ritual
associatedEmotion ecstasy
frenzy
religious exaltation
associatedWith Dionysian mysteries
Greek religion
orgiastic worship
wine cult of Dionysus
associatedWithDeity Dionysus
characterizedBy collective trance
ecstatic behavior
frenzied dancing
ritual shouting
wild music
coreParticipantsGender primarily female
culturalContext Hellenic mystery cults
ancient Greek culture
hasNumberOfParticipants group ritual
languageOfOrigin English
linkedTheme liminality
nature wildness
possession by a god
transgression of social norms
opposedTo ordered civic religion
performedBy Maenads
female worshippers of Dionysus
purpose communal religious experience
ritual ecstasy
worship of Dionysus
relatedConcept Bacchic rites
Maenadism
religiousTradition polytheistic Greek religion
ritualElement animal symbolism
dance
procession into the mountains
song
use of thyrsus staffs
spatialCharacteristic away from cities
held outdoors
temporalCharacteristic often nocturnal
timeOfDay night
typicalSetting mountainous regions
remote highlands
wild natural landscapes

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Maenads typicalActivity mountainRevels