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=Origins:= Dionysus was born of Zues and a mortal woman named Semele. He is the only god that has a mortal parent. Zeus was madly in love with Semele, even though he was married to Herra in Olympus. Zeus would come down and visit her at night in a human form, Semele knew that he was a god, but she didn't know which one. When Hera found out about this, she went to Semele in human form and she told Semele to tell her lover to show his true form then next time he came. Zeus came to her the next night, and Semele made Zeus promise to show her his true form, he knew what would happen, but since he loved her so much, and he had sworn to her, he showed her. The second he showed her his form, she crumbled into ashes from the sight of his glory. Zeus was able to save Dionysus from the pile of ashes and sewed him into his own thigh, where Dionysus then developed.

Dionysus problems with Hera did not stop. Shortly after Dionysus was born Hera got the Titans to rip him apart. Luckily he was brought back to life and put back together by a nymph. That was when Zeus decided to put protection on hi and make him live with the nymphs.

= Powers: = Dionysus happens to be one of the very few gods that was able to bring a dead person back from the underworld. Even though he did not know his mother Semele, he was very worried about her. So he went down and brought her back to Olympus with him.

= Mortal Interactions: = Dionysus is the god of fertility and wine. He later became known as the god of arts. The greeks made a festival for him. The festival of Dionysus is in the spring when the leaves begin to grow. It became one of the most important festivals in greek culture. Its focus became theatre, plays were written for the feast of Dionysus. All who took part in the festival were known as sacred servants of Dionysus during the festival.