Izinganekwane zamaGrikhi zigcwele izinhlamvu ezinhle ezingapheli ukusimangaza. Enye yazo intombi enhle iPersephone, owayeyindlovukazi yohlaza ekuqaleni futhi kamuva waba unkulunkulukazi waseHayidese. Kunzima ukubona ukuthi ubumnandi nobumsulwa bakhe kwaba yisigwebo sakhe esibi kakhulu.
Namuhla ngifuna ukukutshela ngendaba yale nzalo encane kaZeus. Uzokujabulela ukwazi impilo yakhe emhlabeni nasemhlabeni ongaphansi. Ngizokutshela ngemvelaphi yakhe, ukuthi impilo yakhe yayinjani nokuthi injani ubuhlobo bayo nezinkathi zonyaka. Uzobona ukuthi uzothanda le adventure.
Umsuka we-Persephone
Ngokomlando, le ntombazanyana wayeyindodakazi kaZeus, unkulunkulu wonkulunkulu base-Olimpiki nenkosi yamadoda asemhlabeni. UDemeter, umama wakheWayengunkulunkulukazi wamazwe, wayephethe ezolimo, wayephethe ukuzala nokuvikelwa kwazo zonke izinhlobo zezitshalo nezitshalo zazo. Kodwa-ke, bobabili abazali bebengahlali ndawonye; UZeus wayehlala noHare e-Olympus, kanti uDemeter wayehlala eMhlabeni nendodakazi yakhe.
Umama nendodakazi benze iqembu elifanele ukugcina ukuzwana okuluhlaza emhlabeni. Umama wenza imbewu yahluma emhlabeni kanti indodakazi yakhe, uPersephone, wayephethe ukugcina ukulinganisela ezitshalweni. Ubukhona bakhe babusekela bonke utshani futhi benza amasimu aqhakaze.
Babehola impilo ethule futhi ethakazelisa kakhulu, ngoba babephethe ukunikeza izimbali impilo, kude ne-Olympus nabo bonke onkulunkulu bayo. Kuze kube lusuku olulodwa olubabayo yonke into ishintshe phakathi kwabo, usuku olumnyama kakhulu empilweni kaPersephone. Kusukela lapho ubukhona bayo bahlukaniswa phakathi umhlaba wabaphilayo nabafileyo nemvelo ayizange iphinde ifane. Kwenzekeni ukufika kulesi simo?
I-Persephone ithunjwa yiHayidese
U-Persephone nonina babevame ukuhamba ngezinyawo ukwazisa kakhulu imisebenzi yezimpawu zayo. Ngabo bezwe injabulo enkulu futhi babagqugquzela ukuthi baqhubeke nokwakha izitshalo eziningi, zigcwele uthando lokuzuza bonke abahlali bomhlaba. Babehlala behamba emasimini, emifudlaneni nasemasimini.
Usuku olubalele njengabanye abaningi, I-Persephone iyahamba ehlathini nonina kanye nabanye abangane be-nymph ababehlala behamba nabo. Maphakathi nezingadi ezinezimbali bekukhona intombi emnandi, icabanga ngobuhle obunemibala ehlukene nabangane bayo, kepha-ke, unina wayeziqhelelanise nokuhambela ezinye izindawo.
Lokhu kwehlukana okuncane phakathi kukamama nendodakazi kwababiza kakhulu, ngoba umuntu wayemnaka kakhulu futhi walinda nje ukunganaki okuncane ukuze amhlwithe bamthathe ngenkani. Lomenzi wobubi wayengekho omunye ngaphandle IHayidese, unkulunkulu wezihogo.
Uhlamvu olumnyama lumqaphele ngokunyenya, ehlwanyela enhliziyweni yakhe isifiso esijulile sokuba nalesi sidalwa esingenacala. Uyakhanya, ujabule, unikeza impilo. Ungumuntu ongapheli, umthandi wobumnyama nokufa. Ubani ongakholelwa ukuthi bobabili ubuntu bake bahlangana? Imicabango yakhe yathatha amandla amakhulu waze wavumela izifiso zakhe eziphansi, wathatha inqola yakhe washiya abaphansi efuna intombazanyana.
Ukukhohlisa kwakhe ngePhonephone kwamholela ekubeni amthumbe amyise esihogweni. Abangane bakhe be-nymph abakwazanga ukukusiza. Lapho wonke umuntu ekubona okwenzekile, bajeziswa ngenxa yobudedengu, kanti umama wakhe ongaduduzeki wayeqhubeka nokumthungatha engenampendulo, ngoba wayengazi ukuthi kwenzekani futhi wayengazi nokuthi ukuphi.
UHelios, unkulunkulu welanga, eshukunyiswa ubuhlungu bakhe, wamtshela amaqiniso okuthumba. Kwakungesikhathi lapho yena, ethukuthele, ethwele usizi nokungabi namandla okuzisiza, wanquma ukuya endaweni efanayo yabafileyo eyofuna indodakazi yakhe, eshiya izinkambu ezazishiyiwe. Lokhu kuyeke ukuqhakaza, imifula yomile kusuka lapho ivela khona, umoya ungabe usaphefumula futhi nemvelo yafa ngaphansi kwamehlo athintekayo abo bonke abahlali.
UDemeter usola ukuthi uZeus ubenobunzima kulokhu okwenzekile futhi kumele angenelele kuleli cala. UZeus ukhuluma neHayidesi ukuthi abuyele ePersephone noninaKodwa-ke, iHayidesi liyasenqaba isicelo sakhe ngoba inkosazana engenacala yayingabuyeli emuva. Kwakumele aphile esihogweni ingunaphakade. Okuwukuphela kwento uZeus angayifinyelela ukuxoxisana ngokuthi kuzoba phakathi komhlaba womabili, izinyanga ezimbalwa eMhlabeni nezinye ezinaye kuleyo ndawo, iHayidesi lavuma.
IPersephone ibuyela eMhlabeni
Ubhajwe futhi ungenandlela yokuphuma, into empofu IPersephone bekufanele yabelane ngempilo yayo yakudala yenjabulo nenjabulo nalowo wokuba yindlovukazi yaphansi, zombili, ziphikisana ngokuphelele. Yena kanye neHayidesi babephethwe yisizinda sabafileyo ebavimbela ekuzuleni kwezinye izindawo. Omunye nonina lapho ayedansa khona, ehleka, ecula futhi enikeza impilo emasimini ezimbali angenamkhawulo.
Ngale ndlela yaqhubeka ikhona phakathi kokuphila nokufa. Abantu basho njalo wayenamadodakazi amabili eHayidese: UMakaria, UNkulunkulu Wokufa; futhi UMelinoe, unkulunkulukazi wezipoki. AmaGrikhi athi futhi u-Orpheus wasiza ukubuyisa unkosikazi wakhe ongasekho, yize amandla akhe aphazanyiswa yiphutha.
Le khathuni ikhombisa ukuba sengozini kobumsulwa nokubaluleka kokuzivikela kubantu abanolaka. NjengeHayidese, kuningi futhi iPersephone ingaba yinoma iyiphi inkosazana engenacala. Impilo yalaba Izinhlamvu ze-Olympus kuyisampula ecacile yeqiniso elikhona phakathi kwabantu.
