lain；　dismembered　and　partly　devoured；　though　as　time　went　on；　the　rite　gradually　became　glossed　over　and　mitigated　into　a　love…communion　through　the　sharing　of　bread　and　wine。
  It　is　curious　anyhow　that　the　dismemberment　or　division　into　fragments　of　the　body　of　a　god　（as　in　the　case　of　Dionysus；　Osiris；　Attis；　Praj