Now, let me just put up a tent here, maybe fetch my small, portable oasis, and we'll make this desert thrive, yes?
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Many gods were essentially defined by their totems; Hermes his sandles, Ero's bow, Aesculapius's staff... Dionysus's totem was 'a pinecone on a stick'. Not a magical staff of power... a literal pinecone on a stick.