Zagreus, Dionysus
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In Greek mythology, Zagreus was identified with the god Dionysus and was worshipped by followers of Orphism who believed him to be an ancient god of the Minoans. According to the followers of Orphism, Zeus had lain with Persephone, daughter of Zeus and Demeter in Orphism, in the form of a snake. The result of their union was Zagreus. Zeus had intended Zagreus to be his heir, but a jealous persuaded the Titans to kill the child.Like the infant Zeus in Cretan myth, the child Zagreus was entrusted to the Titans who distracted him with toys. While he gazed into a mirror they tried to seize him and…mehr

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In Greek mythology, Zagreus was identified with the god Dionysus and was worshipped by followers of Orphism who believed him to be an ancient god of the Minoans. According to the followers of Orphism, Zeus had lain with Persephone, daughter of Zeus and Demeter in Orphism, in the form of a snake. The result of their union was Zagreus. Zeus had intended Zagreus to be his heir, but a jealous persuaded the Titans to kill the child.Like the infant Zeus in Cretan myth, the child Zagreus was entrusted to the Titans who distracted him with toys. While he gazed into a mirror they tried to seize him and he fled, changing into various animal forms in his attempt to escape. Finally he took the form of a bull, and in that form they caught him tore him to pieces, and devoured him. Zeus, discovering the crime, hurled a thunderbolt at the Titans, turning them to ashes, but Persephone (or in some accounts Athena or Hermes) managed to recover Zagreus' heart. From the ashes of the Titans, mixed with the divine flesh they had eaten, came humankind; this explains the mix of good and evil in humans, the story goes, for humans possess both a trace of divinity as well as the Titans' maliciousness.