That helps me understand your comment. I've been studying Dionysus and other mythological figures from the lens of Carl Jung's psychological work on collective symbolism.

From that point of view, those dramatic, cosmic, inter-deity conflicts might be seen as attempts to interpret the unconscious psychological phenomena within ourselves, or at play in collective society.

Good times? Bad times? Definitely interesting times! 

 If you're studying Jung, that makes sense. 

I haven't studied his works in great detail, but enough to see where you're coming from.