UMinerva: Unkulunkulukazi WaseRoma Wokuhlakanipha Nempi

Minerva, unkulunkulukazi wezinganekwane zamaRoma, ungomunye wezibalo ezithakazelisa kakhulu kunkulunkulu basendulo. Imvelaphi nokuthuthuka kwayo emlandweni kuxhumene ngokujulile nonkulunkulukazi wamaGreki u-Athena, ehlanganyela naye izici eziningi. Kodwa-ke, ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, uMinerva wavela waba omunye wezithixo ezibaluleke kakhulu eRoma, ikakhulukazi endaweni ukuhlakanipha, lo impi yamasu kanye nezobuciko.

Kusukela ezimpandeni zakhe zase-Etruscan kuya ekuhlanganisweni kwakhe eMbusweni WaseRoma, uMinerva wayekhulekelwa emadolobheni amaningi futhi ehlonishwa ngemikhosi ebalulekile. Ithonya lakhe aligcinanga nje kuphela emkhakheni wenkolo, kodwa futhi lanwetshwa isiko, lo ezombusazwe futhi i ubuciko. Kulesi sihloko sizohlola ngokujulile inganekwane yakhe, izimfanelo zakhe, inkolo yakhe kanye nokubaluleka ayenakho emphakathini waseRoma.

Imvelaphi kanye nenganekwane kaMinerva

UMinerva usuka kunkulunkulukazi wama-Etruscan Menrva, naye owathonywa izinganekwane zamaGreki. Indaba yokuzalwa kwakhe ingenye edume kakhulu ezinganekwaneni zamaRoma namaGreki. Kuthiwa I-Jupiter, esaba isiprofetho esasithi inzalo yakhe yayiyoba namandla kunaye, wanquma ukuyishwabadela I-Metis, unkulunkulukazi wokuhlakanipha, lapho ekhulelwe uMinerva.

Ngemva kwesikhashana, uJupiter waqala ukuzwa ikhanda elibuhlungu futhi wabuza Volcano ukuvula ukhakhayi ngembazo. Ngokuqubuka okukodwa, uMinerva uqhamuke ehlome ephelele, ekhala ngempi kakhulu kwazamazamisa i-Olympus. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi kuqhubeke, waba unkulunkulukazi wokuhlakanipha, impi yamasu nobuhlakani.

Izimfanelo nokumelwa kukaMinerva

Njengonkulunkulukazi wokuhlakanipha nempi yamasu, uMinerva unezici ezimbalwa ezihlukile ezimhlukanisa nabanye onkulunkulu. Ivame ukumelwa nge:

• Isigqoko sokuzivikela, efanekisela indima yakhe njengonkulunkulukazi oyiqhawe.
• Umkhonto nesihlangu, egcizelela amandla ayo esu lempi.
• I-aegis, isivikelo sesifuba esihlotshiswe nge Ikhanda likaMedusa, njengophawu lokuvikelwa.
• Isikhova, isilwane sakhe esingcwele nomfanekiso wokuhlakanipha.
• Umnqumo, uphawu lokuthula nokuchuma, alunqoba engxabanweni yakhe neNeptune ngedolobha lase-Athene.

UMinerva nendima yakhe emasikweni aseRoma

UMinerva wayengakhonzwa nje kuphela njengonkulunkulukazi wempi, kodwa futhi wayebhekwa njengomphathi we abachwebi, the odokotela, the izimbongi futhi i ongqondongqondo. Ngokungafani ne-Mars, eyayimelela impi enonya, uMinerva wayefanekisela impi isu namaqhinga. Lokhu kwamenza waba omunye wonkulunkulu abahlonishwa kakhulu eRoma, ikakhulukazi phakathi kwababusi nojenene.

Ithonya lakhe lafinyelela ku- izinhlangano kanye nezinhlangano zamaciko, ezazimthatha njengomvikeli wazo. Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, indima yayo esikweni lamaRoma yahlanganiswa, futhi ngesikhathi seRiphabhulikhi kanye noMbuso inkolo yayo yasakazeka kuyo yonke indawo.

Inkolo yaseMinerva

Inkolo kaMinerva yasungulwa kahle eRoma nakwezinye izingxenye zoMbuso. Iholide labo elikhulu laliyi amaQuinquatries, kugujwe ngo 19 kuya ku-March 23. Phakathi nalezi zinsuku, kwakwenziwa imihlatshelo nemikhosi yokumhlonipha, futhi kwakwenziwa nemikhosi emincane enikezelwe kunkulunkulukazi, njenge I-Minusculae Quinquatrus, egxile kubaculi nabashayi bemitshingo.

Elinye lamathempeli abaluleke kakhulu anikezelwe kuMinerva lalikhona I-Capitoline Hill, lapho ayeyingxenye ye I-Capitoline Triad kanye noJupiter noJuno. Enye indawo engcwele eyisihluthulelo yayise-Aventine Hill, lapho izimbongi nababhali bemidlalo yeshashalazi babevame ukumhlonipha.

Izindaba ezidumile ngoMinerva

I-Minerva ivela ezinganekwaneni eziningi nasezindabeni ezivela eRoma lasendulo naseGrisi. Phakathi kwezidume kakhulu yilezi:

• Ingxabano neNeptune: UMinerva noNeptune baqhudelana ngelungelo lokunikeza igama labo edolobheni. UNeptune wakha umthombo wamanzi anosawoti ngokushaya umhlaba nge-trident yakhe emithathu, kodwa uMinerva wahlumisa isihlahla somnqumo, wazuza umusa wonkulunkulu futhi wetha idolobha i-Athene.
• Inganekwane ye-Arachne: Umluki osemusha ogama lakhe lingu-Arachne wabekela uMinerva inselele emqhudelwaneni wokuluka. U-Arachne wadala i-tapestry ephelele ebonisa iziphambeko zonkulunkulu, okwamcasula uMinerva, owabhubhisa umsebenzi wakhe futhi wamguqula waba yisicabucabu.
• Indima yakhe ku-Odyssey: UMinerva wasiza u-Ulysses ohambweni lwakhe lokubuyela e-Ithaca, emnikeza iseluleko futhi emvikela izikhathi eziningana.

Minerva ngasekupheleni kweRoma kanye nobuKristu

Ngokufika kobuKristu, amathempeli amaningi aseMinerva abhidlizwa noma aphinde asetshenziselwa izinjongo ezintsha zenkolo. Nokho, isithombe sakhe saqhubeka sibalulekile efilosofi nasemfundweni, futhi ukuzihlanganisa kwakhe nokuhlakanipha kwamenza waba uphawu i-razón futhi i ulwazi ngeNkathi Ephakathi kanye neRenaissance.

UMinerva ungomunye wonkulunkulu ababaluleke kakhulu kunkulunkulu waseRoma, owaziwa ngendima yakhe ekuhlakanipheni, ezimpini zamasu, kanye nezobuciko. Inkolo yakhe yasakazekela kuwo wonke uMbuso futhi ithonya lakhe lahlala ngisho nangemva kokuwa kweRoma. Namuhla, lihlala liwuphawu lwe ukuhlakanipha, isu y isiko.