mountainRevels

E420297

Mountain revels are ecstatic, often nocturnal Dionysian rites held by Maenads in wild, remote highland settings.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
mountainRevels canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Dionysian rite ⓘ
ecstatic rite ⓘ
religious ritual ⓘ
associatedEmotion ecstasy ⓘ
frenzy ⓘ
religious exaltation ⓘ
associatedWith Dionysian mysteries ⓘ
Greek religion ⓘ
orgiastic worship ⓘ
wine cult of Dionysus ⓘ
associatedWithDeity Dionysus ⓘ
characterizedBy collective trance ⓘ
ecstatic behavior ⓘ
frenzied dancing ⓘ
ritual shouting ⓘ
wild music ⓘ
coreParticipantsGender primarily female ⓘ
culturalContext Hellenic mystery cults ⓘ
ancient Greek culture ⓘ
hasNumberOfParticipants group ritual ⓘ
languageOfOrigin English ⓘ
linkedTheme liminality ⓘ
nature wildness ⓘ
possession by a god ⓘ
transgression of social norms ⓘ
opposedTo ordered civic religion ⓘ
performedBy Maenads ⓘ
female worshippers of Dionysus ⓘ
purpose communal religious experience ⓘ
ritual ecstasy ⓘ
worship of Dionysus ⓘ
relatedConcept Bacchic rites ⓘ
Maenadism ⓘ
religiousTradition polytheistic Greek religion ⓘ
ritualElement animal symbolism ⓘ
dance ⓘ
procession into the mountains ⓘ
song ⓘ
use of thyrsus staffs ⓘ
spatialCharacteristic away from cities ⓘ
held outdoors ⓘ
temporalCharacteristic often nocturnal ⓘ
timeOfDay night ⓘ
typicalSetting mountainous regions ⓘ
remote highlands ⓘ
wild natural landscapes ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Maenads → typicalActivity → mountainRevels ⓘ