Festival of Dionysos
Dithyrambos: Dionysos was born twice.
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Hi, it’s me, again. This time, I’m wearing an ancient Greek dress.
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As you guess, I’m talking about a Greek myth about Dionysos and some relations between the festival of Dionysos and the peculiar rituals at Asukaza Shrine in Asuka, Japan. Have you read the page describing the risque rituals at Asukaza Shrine? If not, please read it. A new window will open up when you click the above link. Have you noticed a phallic stone in the center of the circle in the above picture? The people celebrates the birth of Dionysos. It is quite something, isn’t it? Indeed, It is 16 feet (4.8 meters) long. Shown below is the same phallic stone located on the island of Delos.
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Its Japanese equivalent is shown here again so that you can compare it with the above.
In ancient times, the Greek celebrated the harvest-related ritual that took place at Asukaza Shrine. The ritual in Asuka is performed on the stage of the shrine while Dithyrambos was performed outside. Except for this difference, both cerebrations seem quite similar. The ancient Greek regarded the phallic stone as the incarnation of Dionysos. Among four gods worshiped at Asukaza Shrine, Takami-musubi-no-kami takes the role similar to that of Dionysos at the ritual performed on the first Sunday of February. Scholars consider this event to be ethnologically unusual cerebration. This particular god is, just like Dionysos, incarnated in the form of the phallic stone kept at the inner part of the compound of Asukaza Shrine as shown in the following picture.
The giant phallic stone It seems that is similar certainly. The ancient Greek Dionysos and imperial product spirit God (you see high and biting the knot), D オ Ni Soviet ス birth festival and the Asuka seat (tomorrow the ざ) the rice field of the shrine (it is are) festival. But calling whatever, than the between Persia and Japan furthermore to be more distant being it does the Greek and Japan distance. As expected are any these things probably to be relation? So, we transfer to Kato with this. | |
The beginning of Dionysos birth festival
When Dionysos birth festival you celebrate the origin of the D オ Ni Soviet ス, simultaneously, you celebrate Bunyo, in addition pray the Yutaka 穣 of the following year. The Dionysos is God of the wine. Therefore, this time, drinking, singing, dancing, if you refer to Japan, it points and the ず め, it enjoys the celebration pleasantly with the kind of feeling where the tray and New Year's Day come together.
This celebration, B.C. 9 century or is said it was begun in around 8 centuries. The Greek tribe calling " the orgia ", the celebration which every year you have celebrated seems like the beginning. This time, as drink and sing the Don ち ゃ it is made a noise, as for the English word, " orgy ", it is the word which derives from this orgia. The orgasm (the オーガズム), it is the word which it is related to this.
As for Dionysos birth festival it is normal to be done with the nearby open space of the village. When harvesting, the whole group getting together in this open space, you work in order to divide the grain from the chaff jointly. Even now, when it goes to the Greek sticks, you can see this kind of open space. When celebrating as bitterly, shown middle, with the picture on this open space, raising the phallic stone, the people of the village getting together the around that, drinking the wine, singing and dancing, the Don ち ゃ it is to make a noise, the ウサ of one year clear it seems, with that it is the case that you celebrate Bunyo.
Dionysos myth
The Dionysos is omnipotent God Zeus and the child who is born between the Semele of the human. The Semele with the princess of the kingdom, t べ, was the very beautiful woman. The wife spatula which becomes aware in husband Zeus fickleness, in order to punish the Semele, reflected upon the various maneuvers.
She changing the body into the form of the nurse of the Semele, came in the place of the セ メ レ. And it whispered easily in her. " Is the one which it passes in your place probably the genuine Zeus way? Something, the Zeus way when you try us asking, kind of those which become evidence, how probably will be ",
As for the Semele you asked with that " please attach the clothes which how from the heavens, glitter ", to Zeus. Zeus, because " regardless inquiring about the desire ", you had sworne in the past, attaching the clothes of light helplessly, being to visit the room of the Semele, it does.
But, as for the Semele which is the human of the raw body, you looked at that, it is it is, instantaneously to burn, it died. Being to be fixed to the maneuver of the spatula successfully, it did. Zeus which knows that the Semele has the body already, hurrying, picked up the child from the midst of the fire, hid in the spatula and deposited that child to the nymph. Just obtaining nine dying lifetimes, the fact that it is born, being to be the Dionysos, it does. Zeus imbedding to the 腿 thickly, it is said to other version, you raised to birth. It reached the point where with this kind of reason, the Dionysos was born 2 times.
When it grows, the Dionysos cultivated the wood of the grape, devised of the method of starting squeezing the liquid from there. In addition, while he wanders about in the world, being to teach the courtesy of religion to him it does rare of goddess. He returning to the t べ of the home of the mother Semele, taught the manner of cultivation of the ceremony and the grape to the people. In this way, he does being to establish position the ぶ how as a God of the liquor and celebration festival.
As for the phallic stone how being transmitted?
The ぶ which appears in the myth above how the liquor is the key. Not to be wrong even to Japan it is the expectation where the ぶ how it can convey the liquor. Why, being able to say such? Because as for that, the wineglass has been transmitted to correct warehouse institute from Persia, is.
Has explained this page (Asuka and the silk load) with this glass how was made, how was transmitted to Yamato. When link is clicked, the new window opens. Please read.
Just the wineglass being transmitted, also those where are strange story the ぶ how the liquor was not transmitted. I think it was transmitted not to be wrong. However, it probably means that at that time the ぶ how wood does not take root well in the Japanese soil. Or, whether the ぶ how the liquor, it is not palatable to of the Japanese of that time when it has become familiar in the liquor, the しれません. Or, because even excessively it was expensive, whether in the mouth of the populace it does not reach the しれません.
In any case, you can corroborate the fact that, the ぶ how the liquor had been transmitted to Japan, even from the fact that the liquor boat stone and the like is in stone ones. I see whether the Persian person the ぶ how those where it made in order to make the liquor is not this liquor boat stone. Concerning this, this page ( puzzle of the liquor boat stone ) with it explains.
As for those which are transmitted from Persia, still there is a large quantity to these in addition to. If the origin you say, being something which is transmitted from Persia does also the 狛 dog and the China Jishi. Concerning this, this ぺ - G ( the mason of the Persian person came) with has expressed in Asuka.
Also the wineglass was transmitted. The ぶ how the liquor was transmitted, the 狛 dog and the China Jishi, were transmitted from Persia. Even the mason of the Persian person it flowed and flowed, the peninsular づ you want came from China of next door. It is the extent where the Persian person stays even the in private professor of the saintly virtue Crown Prince . Furthermore, to internal of the saintly virtue Crown Prince, perhaps just 1/16 the blood of the Persian person was flowing. You just expressed, this way, existence of the Persian person, being to be appeared and disappeared in チラチラ ancient history, it does in the former page.
If we assume, is, why the " phallic stone " just not being transmitted? With the simple doubt which is said is the げ increases also the head. On the other hand, being transmitted, it is proper, it is the case that we would like to say.
But the phallic stone is not to be made Japanese individually?
Of course, the possibility does not say is not with completely. In Japan from former times, stone ones which are called road ancestor/founder God were in the every place. But, with about the notion that where, it started in peaceful age, what it is clear seems that does not understand.
Including also peaceful age, the farmer who also the after the that lives in the village and the manor does being not to be free. Because the farmer is the case that it is bound in the land with the area head and policy of the lord. With that kind of reason, it had not been accustomed to going to the another place. Therefore, the eye of precaution was directed vis-a-vis the stranger. In addition, there was also the worry perhaps any evil spirit enters to the village from the another place.
Boundary of the village, it is the boundary of netherworld and this world also being thought, was always made the holy place. Then, it is the case that in order to protect the village road ancestor/founder God is enshrined in turning point and the like of such road.
Road ancestor/founder God
You could revere as the God where the fact that 疫 God and evil spirit et cetera enter to the village as for road ancestor/founder God, God of the 塞 (even to bite) also being called, the く it is and stops, repels. In addition, it meaning that are done also God of traveling and God of reproduction, it does.
Me it presumes this road ancestor/founder God, whether the original 々 " phallic stone " empty it is not to derive. The phallic stone which is in the vicinity of the Asuka seat shrine which was put out in beginning this page sees whether there is no pioneer of road ancestor/founder God. Why? The imperial product spirit God which is celebrated in the inner part of the Asuka seat shrine (you see high and biting the knot) very the object of worship housed, with prototype of road ancestor/founder God, isn't the " phallic stone " to be placed on the roadside in order to protect the village? So you see.
Therefore, while " phallic stone belief " is accepted to the people of that land widely, it seems that is shown on the left above, shape of the nice penis is left, but eventually, " マ ラ stone belief " is replaced in Buddhism. So, when it does, it starts feeling those which it cannot adapt to age going back to the past following, viewing this shape to. In a word, when the new fashion, Buddhism spreads, is the case that shape of stone ones of " phallic stone belief " is visible in ダサイ ones. When that happens, it does the road ancestor/founder God of the left side, it droops, the right side, area warehouse way, like the road ancestor/founder God it appears as a new fashion, it is the case that it solves and says.
For the sake of dying, to presently look around the road ancestor/founder God which remains please. Preponderantly, area warehouse way shape is dominant. If as for this you said why, the eye which was seen is bad when, therefore erotic it can leave in the place where it is conspicuous unless, it is not that kind of reason, on the other hand, it is because it can go out of use " phallic stone belief ", you think.
" phallic stone belief " with does " the Dionysos belief " very thing. There is no belief which is easy to understand this much. In Japan what compared to the " phallic stone ", " God like generally known child granting " it seems that is accepted in a way which is said.
In the evidence, please look at the God thing of the Asuka seat shrine once more. When God thing of married couple harmony it completes not to stagnate, the official expanding the hem of the kimono of the homely woman, winding up is helped. In a word, it is the case that it wipes spilling and takes. This it wipes and it has meant that the paper which is taken is to obtain very the ぎ is good.
In other words, you wipe the paper (wiping to bite) with God of luck (wiping to bite), it is the case that the じ っ て it is. After the God thing, it is not with several and the spectators aims and spreads and being to scatter, it does, but taking this, if you carry back, by child treasure it is favored, indoor safety and luck visiting you are not wrong as with the notion that where you say, seen in the photograph, disputing this paper, " you wipe the paper (wiping to bite)" it fights over.
It is believed? This, the bill (the money) being not to be to throw, it does. If the bill, I joining, it probably is to fight over together. The moon, in the times that, it meaning that still the considerable people believe God like child granting it can go with the rocket, it does. Extending this hand, " you wipe the paper (wiping to bite)", perhaps, as for the believer, the Christ follower and the Muslim of Soka academic society it is not in the people whom it has fought over, probably will be.
This way " phallic stone belief ", in other words " Dionysos belief " is the belief which is easy to understand. Because as for being able to go out of use this belief, in Greece and Rome christianity happened is. Is because in Japan Buddhism spread.
So why, this God thing remained in the Asuka seat shrine?
Because, therefore way it is celebrated in the Asuka seat shrine God God like anti-mainstream group is. God like leadership factions, heaven illuminating large God (the seeing which the て and others is done sweetly to bite) series it is God way, thing. In other words, it is the God way thing which is made the ancestor of the present Imperial Family. Pushing down the old royal court where, the ancestor of the present Imperial Family doing from Kyushu, was in Yamato, you built the new royal court. This it is the Yamato Imperial Court where we can teach in the school. The emperor of this time, has meant to be continued to presently.
Daio of the old royal court where it was pushed down in the ancestor of the present Imperial Family is large country main life (puts ぬ ball tip thing). Story of this conquest with myth in old thing description, has meant that large country main life transfers Yamato country to the ancestor of the present Imperial Family. After that, three day ratio sale life of the daughter (you see and only the ひ め thing) leaves to Yamato and large country main life moves to Izumo. It does this three day ratio sale life with kind of those which are taken in the hostage. In myth, this three day ratio sale life has meant to have done to protect the Imperial Family.
If to understand you explain more easily, the ancestor of the present Imperial Family, with very cruel method, killing Daio of the front royal court, is the case that it plunders Yamato country. Therefore, being to fear the curse, it does. It is the case that with that, it included the Asuka seat shrine in order the repose of souls to do, spirit of the people where the front royal court is killed in the place where there is a pedigree of the front royal court, the repose of souls it did through the many shrines.
" phallic stone belief ", in other words " Dionysos belief " is the case that it was brought to Japan through the Persian person the time where this kind of shrine is built. Still, before Buddhism is introduced to Japan, it is. Because even now, it is the extent where the person who God like child granting is believed stays because, this at that time, before also Buddhism enters, it is, it probably means that the many believers are. Because " phallic stone belief " is new fashion as that time, it is the case that also the Asuka seat shrine adopts the マ ラ stone. The imperial product spirit God where it can convey that soon (you see high and biting the knot) it is the object of worship housed.
But, 蘇 our person grasping administration eventually, Buddhism is introduced. Proper thing, religion other than Buddhism is prohibitted. " phallic stone belief ", in other words also " Dionysos belief " goes in useless religion. But, the Asuka seat shrine was exception. Why? Because, receiving cruel treatment in the ancestor of the present Imperial Family, the spirit which is killed sleeps in this shrine, is. You like, Daio of the old royal court where it was and was killed with method revengeful ghost must make the your そ っ. Otherwise, forming the curse, it causes unlucky incident, falling (to be to drop the present royal court) there is no れ also does not limit to crisis.
" Touching (the わ) and others it does not curse with you think the word which is said in ぬ God " hearing it has been. Just it is according to of this word. The Asuka seat shrine is the special shrine. Therefore, if this shrine is to celebrate the " phallic stone ", only permit specification being っ one, it does the Imperial Court of that time. It is the case that in that kind of reason, the God thing which is called odd festival is soon conveyed to this shrine.
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