Ezingqungqutheleni zamaRoma, unkulunkulu uMercury (eGrisi uHermes) wayengumphathi wezohwebo kanye nenzuzo. Ngemva kwesikhathi esithile wayebhekwa njengonkulunkulu wezobuciko, ubuciko, imilingo nokubhula ngezinkanyezi. AmaRoma ayekholelwa ukuthi uMercury usebenza njengomhlahlandlela othize wemiphefumulo eya endaweni yabafileyo. Unina wayengunkulunkulukazi wamaMaya. Yingakho izisulu nemikhuba ehlukahlukene yokukhulekela idlula ngaphambi kokuqala kwekhalenda ehlobo, emavikini okugcina kaMeyi. Ubaba wayebheka uJupiter. Wayebizwa ngokuthi unkulunkulu wezinto ezihlukahlukene nokutholakala. AmaRoma ahlonipha uMercury ngenxa yobulungiswa bawo nokuthanda umsebenzi. Lapho kutholakala i-mercury, kwakuhlonishwa le nkulunkulu ukuthi igama elisha labizwa ngegama. Izazi zezinkanyezi nazo ziyiqaphele, ngoba elinye lamaplanethi nalo linalo lalo unkulunkulu.
Yini eyaziwa ngunkulunkulu wamaRoma weMercury?
Bamtshengisa njengomfana omude, omuhle, enamehlo aphile. Kufanele ukuphawula izici ezicashile zobuso obufakaza ngokuhlakanipha nangomusa. Ekuqaleni, babemelela unkulunkulu wezohwebo ngekhwama enkulu. Kamuva, wahlonishwa neHermes, ngakho wayenezicathulo ezinamaphiko, ijaji lomgwaqo kanye nomgudu esandleni sakhe. Ngokuqondene nalowo owayengumnikazi wezimali wayefakazela esikhwameni esikhulu, esasigqoke ohlangothini. Wayehlangene kaningi nge Fortune. AmaRoma akholelwa ukuthi i-Mercury ayikusizi nje kuphela ukuthola imali, kodwa ikuvumela ukuba ubone ingcebo efihliwe.
Phakathi kwamaGreki, uNkulunkulu weMercury wayebhekwa njengomuntu oqaphele kakhulu, ngoba wayengakaze alale. Njengomthunywa kaZeus, wayekhonza njengonkulunkulu wamaphupho. Esebenzisa i-wand yakhe, wavala amehlo abantu, wabe esukuvusa. AmaGreki amaningi namaRoma ngaphambi kokuba ubuthongo bulethe ubuhlungu. Ngiyabonga ngeMemory ngamakhono abo angangena kuzo zombili zomhlaba. Bambheka naye futhi njengesithunywa sabonkulunkulu. Ngenxa yokungahambi kahle nokuqamba, uMercury wabizwa ngokuthi ungumphathi wokuba nokukopela. Njengengane, weba umhlambi wezinkomo kuFeos. Ngokuvamile, uFobos noMercury babe nemisebenzi efanayo. Enye yezinganekwane ichaza ukuthi i-Mercury ithole i-turtle futhi yenze i-lyre kuyo, ekugcineni wayithengisa kusukela ku-Phabos ngezinkomo. Unkulunkulu wezentengiselwano wanikezwa kuye futhi ngebheyili, owathola khona induku yegolide nokukwazi ukuqagela.
UNkulunkulu wezokuhweba uMercury wathandwa ngokukhethekile ngenkathi iRoma iqala ukuhwebelana nezinye izizwe. Eduze isango likaCapen ngumthombo, owazinikezelwa kulobuNkulunkulu. Abathengisi nabathengisi emaholide amaMeyi abazinikezele kuMercury, bahlale bekha amanzi kuwo, bafaka amagatsha okugcoba kuwo, bafafaze imithandazo ekhethekile, bafafaza ikhanda kanye nezimpahla zabo. Isiko esifanayo senzelwe ukuhlenga inkohliso ekhona. Kanye nokusabalala kobudlelwane bezohwebo, inkolo yeMercury nayo yathunyelwa. Waqala ukulifunda e-Italy nasezifundazweni.
Iyini inhlanzi yohlu lombhalo wasendulo wamaGreki uMercury?
Induku yohlu lokuhweba iyintambo yomuthi, ehlangene nezinyoka ezimbili. Ngaphezulu kunesigqoko sika-Aida esinamaphiko.
Induku yenkulunkulu wamaGreki uMercury ibhekwa njengophawu lokuhweba nokuthula. Abantu abaningi basebenzise njengelungelo lommemezeli, ngoba lanikeza ukulondeka ngenkathi ehlangothini lesitha. Akunakwenzeka ukusho ukuthi lesi sibonakaliso sibonakala eGrisi lasendulo, ngoba kukhona ubufakazi bokusetshenziswa kwalo eGibhithe ngokuhlonipha u-Osiris.