KnowraDionysian MysteriesLinked fromLinked fromThe 5 pages that link to Dionysian Mysteries, each with the reason it gives.All 5Broader topic 3Related 1Compared with 1DionysusBroader topic: These rites offered participants a ritual encounter with the god.OrpheusRelated: Orphic traditions developed alongside other mystery cults, though their beliefs and practices were not identical.Mystery religionBroader topic: Their rites connected initiation with ecstatic worship and distinctive ideas about death and rebirth.Religious ecstasyBroader topic: They offer a prominent ancient setting for religious experience marked by divine presence and loss of ordinary restraint.TarantismCompared with: Older accounts sometimes compared tarantism’s dance and ecstasy with ancient ecstatic rites.