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<blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 9674011" data-attributes="member: 58172">I strongly prefer that reallife cultural names be mythologically accurate. After that is achieved, it is ok to add distinct variants.For the Maenad (mainas μαινάς, mainades μαινάδες) they are a religious institution dedicated to the Greek god of wine, that employed techniques of intoxication, wild dancing, and sexual orgies to induce an altered state of consciousness. The originators of this institution are understood to be a certain group of nymphs, also called mainades. These are gods with temples and priests, typically associating the wine god.D&amp;D can represent the Maenad nymphs as a Celestial species with others worshiping them. Notable is the Medieval English interpretation of them as Fey, where the spirit of wine would likewise be an Archfey. Also, the religious institution might be a background or even a subclass that any character could take.Once something like this is in place and doable, other kinds of D&amp;D “Maenad” can be distinguished from them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Yaarel, post: 9674011, member: 58172"] I strongly prefer that reallife cultural names be mythologically accurate. After that is achieved, it is ok to add distinct variants. For the Maenad (mainas [I]μαινάς, [/I]mainades [I]μαινάδες[/I]) they are a religious institution dedicated to the Greek god of wine, that employed techniques of intoxication, wild dancing, and sexual orgies to induce an altered state of consciousness. The originators of this institution are understood to be a certain group of nymphs, also called mainades. These are gods with temples and priests, typically associating the wine god. D&D can represent the Maenad nymphs as a Celestial species with others worshiping them. Notable is the Medieval English interpretation of them as Fey, where the spirit of wine would likewise be an Archfey. Also, the religious institution might be a background or even a subclass that any character could take. Once something like this is in place and doable, other kinds of D&D “Maenad” can be distinguished from them. [/QUOTE]

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