Unkulunkulu wokuhweba eGrisi lasendulo, kanye nenzuzo, ukuxoshwa, ukukhohlisa, ukucabangela, ubuqili nokuphanga kwakunguHermesi, indodana kaZeus. Wayengumgcini wezingcweti zabelusi, izinxusa, abahambi nabathengisi.
Wayengubani unkulunkulu wokuhweba phakathi kwamaGreki?
UHermes wenza ubugebengu bakhe bokuqala ngisho nasezinhlakeni, eshiya isisu sakhe, waba izinkomo ezingamashumi ayisihlanu ezivela e-Apollo. Ukumboza amathrekhi, ukubopha amagatsha ezinyaweni zabo.
EGibhithe, uHermes wadala izincwadi. Izinhlamvu eziyisikhombisa zokuqala zakhiwe, zibuka izinyoni zezindiza. Wabeka nokuhleleka kwezinkanyezi, wabe esebeka i-delta incwadi esibhakabhakeni.
Ukuhlonipha unkulunkulu wamaGreki wokuhweba ekuhambeni komgwaqo, kwakhiwa ama-statues of the herm, ayenziwa njengezimpawu zomgwaqo. Babheka njengezinsika zamatshe, lapho ikhanda likaHermes laqoshwa khona. Ngomyalelo we-Alcibiades imifino yabhujiswa ngo-415 BC.
Inkulunkulu wasendulo wamaGrisi yokuhweba avame ukufeza izinyathelo zikaZeus. Waba inkabikazi uHera, eyaguqulwa ibe ngu-Io, othandekayo kaZeus. UHermes udume ngokuthi wathengisa ku-Queen Omphale Hercules ebugqilini.
UHermes naye wabizwa ngokuthi i-Psychopomp, okusho ngesiGreki ukuthi "Soulmate". Isiteketiso esinjalo esasithola ngoba wahamba nemiphefumulo yomuntu oshonile embusweni weHayidese. Ngemva kwesikhashana, iHermes yaqala ukubizwa ngokuthi i-Trismegistus, okuhunyushwa ngokuthi "izikhathi ezintathu ezinkulu kakhulu." Isiteketiso esinjalo esasithola ngenxa yokuthi wayesezizwe zombili, zombili nezethu.
Izimfanelo zeHermes
UHermes yayine-wand enamaphiko, i-caduceus, noma i-kerikion, ayithola ku-Apollo. Le nduku yakwazi ukubuyisana nezitha. UHermes wasebenzisa i-caduceus ngenhloso ehlukahlukene. Ngosizo lwakhe, wavuka wabulala abantu. Ngathumela imilayezo evela konkulunkulu kuya kubantu ngesikhathi sokulala. Esinye isici seHermes kwakuyisikhumba se-petas kanye nezicathulo ezinamaphiko. Ngenxa yokuthi uHermes wayengumphathi wezinkomo, wayevezwe newundlu elincane ehlombe lakhe.