Young Dionysus Statue hand painted whose bare-breasted costumes suggest the

whose bare-breasted costumes suggest the sacred role of sexuality in the Minoan culture

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and the practices associated with traditional witchcraft

her crown and staring gaze incorporates Astarte

Young Dionysus Statue hand painted whose bare-breasted costumes suggest theYouth, Joy, Cycles of the Vine. The Divine Youth was the Goddess' partner in creation. He was often known as the "Year King" because his steady, passive role of renewal, ripening, harvest and death presaged the cycle of crop fertility. Dionysus embodies gentleness and joy. Lord of Grain, Leaf and Vine, he was central to ancient Greek annual ceremonies involving blood sacrifice to ensure crop fertility. He carries the phallic wand, was escorted by