Maenad Physiology

The power to possess or have traits of a Maenad Nymph. Variation of Nymph Physiology. 
==Also Called==
* Maenad Nymph Mimicry/Physiology
* The Bassarides, Bacchae, Bacchantes, Thyiades, Potniades, Mimallones and the Klodones 
* The Maenads and The Mad Women 
==Capabilities==
A user with this ability either is or can transform into a Maenad. They are mythical women or minor goddesses who represent or are associated with madness, frenzy, freedom, ecstasy and parting, and their God Dionysus who they follow.
The maenads were portrayed as inspired by Dionysus into a state of ecstatic frenzy through a combination of dancing and intoxication. During their rites, the maenads would dress in fawn skins and carry a thyrsus, a long stick wrapped in ivy or vine leaves and tipped with a pine cone. They would weave ivy-wreaths around their heads or wear a bull helmet in honor of their god, and often handle or wear snakes. These nymphs themselves were described as "mad" and when in their state of religious frenzy they were known tear animals and people apart with their bare hands. 
==Applications==
* Alcohol, Divine, Insanity and Pleasure Empowerment
* Animal Companionship (Leopards, Lions, Panthers, Tigers, & Snakes)
* Divine Communication (with Dionysus/Bacchus)
* Divinity (if a goddess, minor status)  
** Deity Soul
** Divine/Madness Aura/Pleasure Aura
* Ecstasy Manipulation
**Addictive Contentment
**Bliss & Horror Inducement
**Pleasure Absorption
**Pleasure Augmentation
**Pleasure Inducement
* Feral Mind (Maenads can succumb to their own powers of ecstasy and frenzy.)
* Fertility Manipulation
* Intoxication Inducement
* Intoxication Recovery
* Madness Form (possibility)
* Madness Manipulation 
**Corrupting Madness
**Insanity Absorption
**Insanity Inducement
**Insanity Projection
**Madness Infusion
**Hallucination Inducement
**Sanity Theft
**Sanity Transferal
* Nymph Physiology (nymphs of madness)
**Ecological Empathy
**Enhanced Condition
***Enhanced Strength (Maenads are known for being strong enough to tear mortals and even animals apart.)
**Environmental Adaptation
**Indomitable Sexuality
**Nature Unity
**Personal Domain
**Semi-Immortality/Immortality 
**Supernatural Beauty
**Zoolingualism
* Party Inducement
* Pleasure Detection
* Riders Aptitude (Maenads can sometimes travel on the backs of wild animals like panthers & tigers wherever they go.)
* Supernatural Dancing
* Unpredictability
== Associations ==
*Alcohol Deity Physiology
**Intoxication Embodiment
*Greek Deity Physiology
**Daimon Physiology
**Roman Deity Physiology
*Madness Embodiment
**Madness Aspect Manifestation
*Magic Deity Physiology
**Magic
*Nature Spirit Physiology
*Spirit Physiology
==Limitations==
* Deity Consumption/Divine Power Immunity/Divine Slayer/Divine Power Absorption/Divine Power Negation
* Feral Mind (Maenads are the wildest of the nymphs because they are affected by their own powers on each other, which can make them at time very irrational.) 
== Trivia ==
* The term "Maenad" has come to be associated with a wide variety of women, supernatural, mythological, and historical, associated with the god Dionysus and his worship. 
==Known Users==
===Folklore/Mythology===
* The Maenads (Greco-Roman Mythology)
** Agave
** Autonoë
** Ino
===Television/Movies/Comics===
* Maryann Forrester (True Blood)
* Callisto (Vampire South Mysteries)
* Maenads (Percy Jackson)
==Gallery==
Maenads-0.jpg|Maenads love to party
File:Maenad in leopard skin.jpg|Maenad dress in leopard skin
File:Maenads Killing Orpheus.webp|Maenads don't like rejection
File:Maenads going crazy.webp|Maenads exploring the woods
File:Maenads having fun.webp|Maenads enjoying themselves
File:Maenad & Panther.webp|Maenad riding on a wild panther
File:Maenad with a pack of Leopards.jpg|Maenad accompany by leopards
File:Maenad & Dionysus.jpg|Maenad worshiping Dionysus
File:Maenads Celebrating.webp|Maenads traveling with Dionysus
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