Iintsomi zamaGrike zizele ngabantu abathandekayo abangaze basothuse. Omnye wabo ngu intombi entle Persephone, owayeyindlovukazi yotyani kwaye kamva waba sisithixokazi saseHadesi. Kunzima ukuqaphela ukuba ubumnandi kunye nokuba msulwa kwakhe kwaba sesona sigwebo sakhe sibi.
Namhlanje ndifuna ukukuxelela ngebali lale nzala intsha kaZeyus. Uyakuvuyela ukwazi ngobomi bakhe emhlabeni nasemhlabeni. Ndiza kukuxelela ngemvelaphi yakhe, ukuba babunjani ubomi bakhe kwaye buyintoni ubudlelwane bayo namaxesha onyaka. Uya kubona ukuba uyayithanda le adventure.
Imvelaphi yePerphone
Ngokomxholo, le ntombazana encinci Wayeyintombi kaZeyus, uthixo woothixo baseOlimpiki kunye nokumkani wamadoda asemhlabeni. UDemeter, umama wakheWayenguthixokazi wamazwe, wayenobukhosi kwezolimo, wayephethe ukuchuma kunye nokukhuselwa kwazo zonke iintlobo zezityalo kunye nezityalo zazo. Nangona kunjalo, bobabini abazali bebengahlali kunye; UZeus wayehlala noHare kwiOlimpus, ngelixa uDemeter wayehlala eMhlabeni kunye nentombi yakhe.
Umama nentombi yakhe benza iqela eligqibeleleyo ukugcina ukuvumelana okuluhlaza kwiplanethi. Umama wenza imbewu yomhlaba ihlume kwaye intombi yakhe, iPersephone, yayijongene nokugcina ulungelelwaniso kwizityalo. Ubukho bakhe buxhasa lonke utyani kwaye benza amasimi achuma.
Bakhokelela kubomi obuzolileyo nobunomdla, ke, babephethe ukunika ubomi kwizityalo, kude neOlimpus nabo bonke oothixo bayo. Kude kube lusuku olunye olukrakra yonke into itshintshile phakathi kwabo, olona suku lumnyama kubomi bePerphone. Ukusukela ngoko ukubakho kwayo kwahlulwa phakathi Ilizwe labaphilayo nabafileyo nendalo ayizange iphinde ifane. Kwenzeke ntoni ukufikelela kule meko?
I-Persephone ibanjwe yiHadesi
I-Persephone kunye nomama wakhe babedla ngokuhamba kwindalo ukuxabisa ngokusondeleyo imisebenzi yeempawu zayo. Ngabo baziva bonwabe kakhulu kwaye babakhuthaza ukuba baqhubeke nokwenza izityalo ezingakumbi, bezele kukuthanda izibonelelo zabo bonke abemi boMhlaba. Bahlala bezula emasimini, kwimilambo nakwimihlaba.
Usuku olushushu njengabanye abaninzi, I-Persephone iyahamba ngehlathi kunye nomama wakhe kunye nabahlobo abathile be-nymph ababehlala behamba nabo. Embindini weegadi ezineentyatyambo yayiyintombazana eswiti, ecinga ngobuhle obunemibala emininzi kunye nabalingane bakhe, nangona kunjalo, umama wakhe wayeziqhelile ukuba atyelele ezinye iindawo.
Ukwahlukana okuncinci phakathi kukamama nentombi kuye kwababiza kakhulu, kuba umntu wayemnake kakhulu kwaye walinda kuphela ukungakhathali okuncinci ukuba amxhwithe amthabathe ahambe naye ngenkani. Lo mkrexezeli wayengenguye omnye umntu ngaphandle IHadesi, uthixo wezihogo.
Umntu omnyama wamgcina ngokunyanzela, ehlwayela entliziyweni yakhe umnqweno onzulu wokuba nesidalwa esimsulwa kunye naye. Uqaqambile, uchwayitile, unika ubomi. Ungumntu ongapheliyo, umthandi wobumnyama nokufa. Ngubani onokukholelwa bobabini ubuntu obuya kuze budibane? Iingcinga zakhe zaya zisiba namandla ngakumbi de wanikezela kwiminqweno yakhe ephantsi, wathatha inqwelwana yakhe washiya kwelabafileyo efuna intombazana encinci.
Ukulahlekiswa kwakhe ngePhonephone kwamkhokelela ekubeni amthimbe amse esihogweni. Abahlobo bakhe be-nymph babengenakukunceda. Xa wonke umntu wakuqondayo okwenzekileyo, bohlwaywa ngokungakhathali, ngelixa umama wakhe owayengathuthuzeleki wayeqhubeka nokumfuna engenampendulo, kuba wayengazi ukuba kwenzeka ntoni kwaye engazi nokuba uphi.
Helios, uthixo welanga, Eshukunyiswa yintlungu yakhe, wamxelela iinyani zokuxhwila. Kwakuxa yena, enomsindo, ethwele usizi kunye nokungakwazi ukuzinceda, wagqiba kwelokuba aye kwelafileyo linye ayokukhangela intombi yakhe, eshiya amasimi ashiyiweyo. Oku kuyeke ukudubula, imilambo yomile kwimvelaphi yayo, impepho ayisavuthuzi kwaye indalo yafa phantsi kweliso labo bonke abemi.
UDemeter wayekrokrela ukuba uZeus wayenengxaki kwinto eyenzekileyo kwaye kwafuneka angenelele kweli tyala. UZeus uthetha neHadesi ukuba abuyele kwiPerphone kunye noninaNangona kunjalo, iHadesi iyasikhaba isicelo sayo kuba inkosazana engenatyala ayibuyanga mva. Kwakufuneka aphile esihogweni ngonaphakade. Ekuphela kwento uZeus anokuyiphumeza kukuthetha-thethana phakathi kwakhe nelizwe, iinyanga ezimbalwa eMhlabeni nabanye abanaye kuloo ndawo, iHadesi yavuma.
I-Persephone ibuyela eMhlabeni
Ubanjisiwe kwaye kungekho ndlela yakuphuma, ihlwempu I-Persephone kwafuneka yabelane ngobomi bakhe obudala Ukonwaba novuyo kunye nokuba ngukumkanikazi welabafileyo, zombini ziphikisana ngokupheleleyo. Yena kunye neHadesi babenethimba labafi elibathintela ekuzuleni kwezinye iindawo. Omnye nomama wakhe apho wayengqungqa, ehleka, ecula kwaye enika ubomi kumabala eentyatyambo angenasiphelo.
Ngale ndlela yaqhubeka ikho phakathi kobomi nokufa. Abantu bathetha lonto eneentombi ezimbini zeHadesi: IMakaria, Thixo Wokufa; kwaye UMelinoe, uthixokazi weziporho. AmaGrike athi u-Orpheus wanceda ukubuyisa umfazi wakhe ongasekhoyo, nangona amandla akhe aphazanyiswa yimpazamo.
Le khathuni ibonisa ukuba semngciphekweni kobumsulwa kunye nokubaluleka kokuzikhusela kubantu abanoburhalarhume. NjengeHadesi, zininzi kwaye iPersephone inokuba nayiphi na inkosazana emsulwa. Ubomi balaba balinganiswa abavela e-Olympus ngumzekelo ocacileyo wenyaniso ekhoyo phakathi kwabantu.
