Dionysus oil god of prophesy May Day is about workers

May Day is about workers marching in parades and socializing at picnics in solidarity with unions

retrieving the fallen soldiers souls from war-torn lands

I hope it brings joy

since this is a Candle holiday

as the vegetation in the agricultural cycles

Dionysus oil god of prophesy May Day is about workersEcstatic, inebriant god of poetry, music, and prophesy, Dionysus is brother and contretemps to Apollo. Son of Zeus and Semele, he was educated by the forest god Silenus. His travels served to bring the arts of winemaking and viticulture to many lands, so his worship and cults were widespread. Like his Roman counterpart, Bacchus, he was worshipped by wild, bloodthirsty women called Maenads. Dionysus is thought of as the Greek precedent to Bacchus, but