Bassareus

[ns_kumiho]

I was wondering if anyone here knew any more about the connections between the fox and the Greek god Dionysus

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[white9_fox]

I have heard of dionysus and his connection to foxes before, but this Bassasereus guy sounds more like the male Inari than the greek god. I'll look it up for ya and see if I can find anything, my library and bookstore has loads of mythology books that might have something in there.

[ns_kumiho]

Well the Thracians were not Greek and had their own customs and a different pantheon than the Greek (or the Romans for that matter) and the "Dionysus Bassareus" in is most likely a native deity identified with Dionysus through Interpretatio Graeca based on Ridgeway's quoting of Macrobius' discription of the Cult (in much the same way the Romans reported that the Celts were worshiping Mercury, Mars, Dis, Jupiter, et alii through Interpretatio Romana of Celtic deities

[ns_kumiho]

Also thanks for the help.

[white9_fox]

You're quite welcome, I enjoy this kind of stuff.