Maenads

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femaleMythologicalFigure followerOfDeity mythologicalGroup

Maenads are the frenzied female followers of Dionysus in Greek mythology, known for their ecstatic worship, wild dances, and sometimes violent, trance-like behavior.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Roman Bacchanalia 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf femaleMythologicalFigure ⓘ
followerOfDeity ⓘ
mythologicalGroup ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Bacchae ⓘ
Bassarids ⓘ
Nymphs ⓘ
surface form: Thyiads
appearsInWork Apollodorus' Bibliotheca ⓘ
surface form: ApollodorusBibliotheca

Bacchae ⓘ
surface form: EuripidesTheBacchae

Ovid’s Metamorphoses ⓘ
surface form: OvidMetamorphoses

Pausanias’ Description of Greece ⓘ
surface form: PausaniasDescriptionOfGreece
associatedAnimal fawn ⓘ
panther ⓘ
snake ⓘ
associatedConcept divineMadness ⓘ
ecstasy ⓘ
fertility ⓘ
natureWilderness ⓘ
wine ⓘ
associatedDeity Dionysus ⓘ
characteristicBehavior ecstaticWorship ⓘ
ritualMadness ⓘ
tranceLikeState ⓘ
violentRendingOfVictims ⓘ
wildDancing ⓘ
culture ancientGreece ⓘ
etymology from Greek mainesthai meaning to rage or to be mad ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
iconography depictedInReliefsAndSculpture ⓘ
depictedInVasePainting ⓘ
influenceOnLaterCulture motifInEuropeanArtAndLiterature ⓘ
symbolOfUncontrolledPassion ⓘ
languageOfName AncientGreek ⓘ
linkedCult Dionysian Mysteries ⓘ
surface form: DionysianMysteries
notableMyth attackOnOrpheus ⓘ
dismembermentOfPentheus ⓘ
roleInDionysusCampaignsInGreece ⓘ
religion ancientGreekReligion ⓘ
ritualPractice omophagia ⓘ
sparagmos ⓘ
socialStatusInMyth oftenPortrayedAsOrdinaryWomenPossessedByDionysus ⓘ
sphereOfActivity mountainsAndForests ⓘ
Sanctuary of Dionysus in the Marshes ⓘ
surface form: ruralSanctuariesOfDionysus
typicalActivity mountainRevels ⓘ
nocturnalRites ⓘ
processionalDances ⓘ
typicalAttribute fawnSkin ⓘ
ivyWreath ⓘ
serpentGarlands ⓘ
thyrsus ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dionysus → associatedWith → Maenads ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roman Bacchanalia
Sileni → relatedTo → Maenads ⓘ