Maenads
Avid watchers of HBO's "True Blood" know that the Maenads were the rabid female followers of Bacchus (also called Dionysus).
Maenads... carried a thrysus in pictures (looks like a staff with a pine cone on top!)
Sileni, Satyrs and Nymphs/ Maenads.
It is a thyrsos.
In some ways, followers of Dionysus put on plays of comic and tragedy in dramatic nature.
The lover of Dionysus (Baachus) is Ariadne.
The followers of the Greek goddess Dionysus, known as Bacchae or Maenads, were known for their love of music and dance. They would engage in energetic and ecstatic celebrations in honor of Dionysus, often accompanied by music, singing, and dancing.
The followers of Hinduism are called Hindus
thyrsus A Thyrsus
Followers of god Shiva are called Shaivites.
Mussolini's fascist followers were called "Blackshirts."
The followers of John Calvin were actually called Puritans.