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Ninkasi, Sumerian goddess of beer. Nokhubulwane, Zulu goddess of the rainbow, agriculture, rain, and beer. Oenotropae, Greek goddesses, "the women who change (anything into) wine". Ogoun, Yoruba/West African/Voodoo god of rum. Ometochtli, Aztec gods of excess. Siduri, wise Mesopotamian female divinity of beer and wine in the Epic of Gilgamesh ...
His attribute of "foreignness" as an arriving outsider-god may be inherent and essential to his cults, as he is a god of epiphany, sometimes called "the god who comes". [12] Wine was a religious focus in the cult of Dionysus and was his earthly incarnation. [13] Wine could ease suffering, bring joy, and inspire divine madness. [14]
Ninkasi was the goddess of beer, and as such was associated with its production, consumption and effects - both positive and negative. [8] Jeremy Black described her as "one of (...) minor deities without a strongly defined personality who merely symbolise the object or phenomenon that they are associated with."
Beer goddess may refer to: Dea Latis, Celtic goddess of beer. Mbaba Mwana Waresa, Zulu goddess of the rainbow, agriculture, rain and beer. Nephthys, Egyptian goddess of beer. Ninkasi, Sumerian goddess of beer. Nokhubulwane, see Mbaba Mwana Waresa. Siduri, wise female divinity of beer in the Epic of Gilgamesh. Siris (goddess), Mesopotamian ...
Pages in category "Deities of wine and beer" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
In Greek mythology, Silenus (/ s aɪ ˈ l iː n ə s /; Ancient Greek: Σειληνός, romanized: Seilēnós, IPA: [seːlɛːnós]) was a companion and tutor to the wine god Dionysus. He is typically older than the satyrs of the Dionysian retinue , and sometimes considerably older, in which case he may be referred to as a Papposilenus.
From damaging 140-million-year-old rock formations to simulating sex with statues of Greco-Roman gods, ... The melee began when a staff member asked them not to throw beer cans and rubbish into ...
Shezmu (alternatively Schesmu and Shesmu) is an ancient Egyptian deity with a contradictory character. He was worshiped from the early Old Kingdom period. [2]He was considered a god of ointments, perfume, and wine.