
Note:
Dionysus is the Greek God of wine.
“Have you heard? Dionysus is missing. I bet he’s off on another bender.”
Delphine stirred her tea and shrugged. No love lost between her and the god of insanity. Continuously, he stole her grape vines for his orgies. He told her she was special, but she became another of his playthings. Good riddance. “That’s a shame.”
The women sipped their beverages, focusing on the view through the window. Mae changed the subject.
“I see the garden is growing. You’ll have fruit in no time. What’s your secret?”
Delphine hid behind her glass, her lips smirking.
“Dionysus is buried underneath.”
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Special thanks to Nobbinmaug who claimed ‘I have the body of a Greek god… buried in my backyard’. The Muse ran with it, shovel and all.
Dear Tanille,
Well then. I guess he won’t be pestering her for grape vines. 😉 Good one.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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According to mythology Dionysus is resurrected so he might be back to steal grapes once more.
Thanks R!
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Ha…loved the twist!
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Thanks R!
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Murder among the Gods! Well, how do they expect us mortals to behave?
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Like them. They are our role models. Explains a lot. 😀
Thanks I
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There will be fruit for centuries hence on that particular plot of ground 🙂
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Yes, I’d say the land is very fruitful. 😊
Thanks D!
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Good one. I’ll even bet that those vines will be uber vines, too!
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Very, very potent! 😀
Thanks B!
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Ha ha – I loved your footnote about where you got your inspiration for this story!
Susan A Eames at
Travel, Fiction and Photos
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I didn’t feel right just stealing… 😀
Thanks S!
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🤣🤣🤣 I’ve never had one of my jokes retold so well. I’m noticing a continuing theme of murderous women in your stories. 😱😱😱 Hell hath no fury…
Morning, T.
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If it makes you feel safer, I was going to name the character after you. Male murderer… 😀
Thanks N!
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Oh really? First a mention on MovieMaker Magazine, then a mention on the illustrious Tannille.Com, and near character namesake. This Nobbinmaug character is really going places.
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Bow to the Nobbinmaug!
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🙇♀️🙇♂️🏹🎀🥣
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Now that’s what I call a mulch
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The good kind. Mulch for the gods haha.
Thanks N!
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Hopefully Dionysus can tap into the vines root stock.
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Absolutely, thanks M!
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Now that’s putting him to good use!
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I believe I want to try that wine. 😀
Thanks D
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It must have a certain je ne sais quoi…
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Ha! Well there you go! Good one!
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Thanks S! 😀
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My wine still tastes OK so I guess they’ve now recruited a replacement!
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Tastes like magic? Good enough for the gods?
Thanks K!
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So right, might as well keep your loved ones close by, even if they had let you down. A sort of reminder that you won.
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Yep. She’s very proud of her crops.
Thanks J!
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Fertilizer. Well, that’s one way to use him up!
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The gods have their uses.
Thanks L!
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I am surprised and delighted that someone has found a good use for a god!
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Best wine ever! 😀
Thanks C!
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I was going to comment “Dionysus gets all the fun”, but it all went a bit wrong for him in the end 🙂
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Not this time. But he is the god of resurrection so who knows?
Thanks D!
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he as often as he does always rises to the occasion buried or not. 🙂
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Can’t keep a good god down!
Thanks P.
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I enjoyed your story, and the footnote, too! Mind you, Delphine should have kept quiet about Dionysus’ grave – she’ll have maenads all over the garden!
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Ooo a sequel! I like it.
Thanks P
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ouch… yes I can bet that there will be a lot of good flowers from the corpse of a God.
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Special properties. 😀
Thanks B!
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I’m sure he’ll be fine – he’s die before. Great story.
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Indeed he has.
Thanks J
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