ic ▁myster ies ▁origin ated ▁as ▁a ▁rit ual ▁which ▁focused ▁on ▁pur ification ▁and ▁the ▁after life ; ▁the ▁myster ies ▁were ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁stories ▁of ▁D ion ys us ▁Zag re us . ▁Zag re us ▁was ▁the ▁child ▁of ▁Ze us ▁and ▁Per se phone , ▁who ▁was ▁torn ▁apart ▁by ▁the ▁Tit ans ▁in ▁an ▁act ▁of ▁sp ar ag mos . ▁After ▁te aring ▁Zag re us ▁apart , ▁the ▁Tit ans ▁dev oured ▁him , ▁except ▁for ▁his ▁heart . ▁ ▁His ▁body ▁was ▁then ▁re ass emble d ; ▁this ▁may ▁be ▁reflected ▁in ▁the ▁story ▁of ▁Pent he us , ▁whose ▁body ▁parts ▁were ▁gathered ▁together ▁after ▁his ▁mother , ▁a unt ▁and ▁other ▁Ma en ads ▁t ore ▁him ▁apart ▁in ▁a ▁D ion ys ic ▁f ren zy , ▁and ▁the ▁story ▁of ▁Act ae on , ▁who ▁was ▁e aten ▁by ▁his ▁own ▁hunting ▁dogs . ▁Because ▁the ▁dogs ▁gr ieved ▁so ▁deeply ▁after ▁Act ae on ' s ▁death , ▁an ▁image ▁of ▁him ▁was ▁made ▁to ▁comfort ▁them . ▁All ▁three ▁stories ▁show ▁a ▁common ▁mot if ▁of ▁re assembly ▁of ▁body ▁parts ▁following ▁sp ar ag mos ▁and ▁om oph ag ia , ▁and ▁this ▁mot if ▁may ▁have ▁been ▁significant ▁for ▁religious ▁rit ual . ▁ ▁In ▁Or ph ism , ▁wor sh ipp ers ▁took ▁part ▁in ▁an ▁Or ph ic ▁rit ual ▁which ▁re en act ed ▁the ▁story ▁of ▁Z eg re us ,