Ingabe ukhona unkulunkulu wesilisa wothando? Passion & Desire in Mythology Greek
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Wake wazibuza ngonkulunkulu nonkulunkulukazi bothando ezinganekwaneni zamaGreki? AmaGreki asendulo ayekholelwa onkulunkulu abaningi, ngamunye enobuntu bakhe obuhlukile, amandla, nezindaba zezinganekwane. Kulesi sihloko, sizophenya embuzweni wokuthi ingabe ukhona yini unkulunkulu wesilisa wothando ezinganekwaneni zamaGreki, futhi sihlole umhlaba othakazelisayo wezithixo zamaGreki zothando nezifiso.
Ngaphambi kokuthi singene embuzweni wokuthi ukhona yini unkulunkulu wesilisa wothando ezinganekwaneni zamaGreki, ake siqale sihlole onkulunkulukazi bothando. Odume kakhulu kulawa ngu-Aphrodite, unkulunkulukazi wothando, ubuhle, nenjabulo. Ngokusho kwezinganekwane, u-Aphrodite wazalwa ngegwebu lolwandle futhi wayebhekwa njengomuhle kunabo bonke onkulunkulukazi. Wayeshade noHephaestus, unkulunkulu womlilo, kodwa wayenezindaba eziningi nabanye onkulunkulu nabantu abafayo.
Omunye unkulunkulu wothando kwaba Eros, owaziwa nangokuthi u-Cupid, unkulunkulu wesifiso nothando oluvusa inkanuko. Ngokwezinganekwane, u-Eros wayeyindodana ka-Aphrodite no-Ares, unkulunkulu wempi. Wayevame ukuvezwa njengomfana omncane onamaphiko, ephethe umnsalo nomcibisholo owawuzokwenza abantu bathandane nomuntu wokuqala abambona.
Nakuba u-Aphrodite no-Eros bobabili behlotshaniswa nothando nesifiso, babengabhekwa njengonkulunkulu besilisa bothando. Nokho, kwakunabanye onkulunkulu besilisa ezinganekwaneni zamaGreki ababehlotshaniswa nezici zothando nothando.
Omunye wabo kwakunguDionysus, unkulunkulu wewayini, wenzalo nowenjabulo. Ngokusho kwezinganekwane, u-Dionysus wayevame ukuvezwa njengomuntu omuhle, one-androgynous ongakhuthaza kokubili ubuhlanya kanye nenjabulo yaphezulu. Wayebuye ahlotshaniswe nobumnandi bomzimba, kuhlanganise nesifiso sobulili.
Omunye unkulunkulu wesilisa ohlotshaniswa nothando nothando kwakungu-Adonis, umuntu ofayo owayethandwa yibo bobabili u-Aphrodite noPersephone, unkulunkulukazi wendawo yabaphansi. Ngokwezinganekwane, u-Adonis wayeyinsizwa enhle eyayifa futhi ivuswa unyaka ngamunye, imelela umjikelezo wokuphila, ukufa, nokuzalwa kabusha.
Ngakho-ke, ingabe ukhona unkulunkulu wesilisa wothando ezinganekwaneni zamaGreki? Impendulo ayilona u-yebo noma cha. Nakuba engekho unkulunkulu oyedwa ozinikele othandweni nasekushisekeleni kuphela, kwakukhona onkulunkulu besilisa abambalwa abahambisana nezici zale mizwelo. Kusukela kuDionysus nokuhlotshaniswa kwakhe nenjabulo, kuya ku-Adonis nokumelela kwakhe umjikelezo wokuphila nokufa, onkulunkulu besilisa bezinganekwane zamaGreki banikeza amazwibela athakazelisayo okuqonda kwamaGreki asendulo ngothando nesifiso.
Izinganekwane zamaGreki ziwuchungechunge olucebile lwezindaba nabalingiswa asebethathe imicabango yabantu amakhulu eminyaka. Nakuba kungase kungabi khona unkulunkulu wesilisa wothando ngomqondo wendabuko, onkulunkulu benkanuko nezifiso abagcwele umhlaba wezinganekwane banikeza amazwibela enkimbinkimbi yokuhlangenwe nakho komuntu. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ungumuntu othanda izinganekwane noma unentshisekelo nje kumlando wothando nezothando, uhlola umhlaba we Onkulunkulu bamaGreki ngokuqinisekile kuzoba okuhlangenwe nakho okuvuzayo.