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His followers were called bacchants. After reveling and overindulging in wine, they
danced around in a craze often trampling and tearing people and animals to pieces.
Bacchanalia was a festival held which involved excessive drinking and drunken
orgies. Also known as Dionysus [Greek].
Blessed are the disciples who become prophets, the Gnostics who hold the holy wand
of god. Blessed are those who wear the ivy crown of the Conquering One--Blessed,
blessed are they, Bacchus is our god!
-Bacchae Euripides, circa 400 BCE
Balder
Norse (Scandinavian) god of joy, light, beauty, innocence, purity, and reconciliation.
His parents are Odin and Frigg.
Balder's mother, Frigg, took oaths from all plants, creatures, minerals, and elements
that they would not harm him, all except the mistletoe plant for she felt it was too
young and too small to harm him. He was therefore considered immune from harm
and the other gods would throw things at him in sport. Loki deceived Hod (Balder's
blind brother) into throwing a spear made from mistletoe at Baldur. It was this which
killed him. This story can easily be compared to the Greek legend of Achilles' heel.
Boreas
Greek god of the northern arctic winds. He vied with Zephyrus for the love of
Chloris, and lost.
Callisto
Greek moon goddess.
Chloe
Greek. Demeter's name as protector of spouts.
Cybele
Greek Great Mother of the Gods. She is the leading deity of the Greek mystery
religions. Symbolizes the element air and fertility.
Cytherea
Another name for the Greek love goddess Aphrodite. See also Aphrodite.