Izinganekwane zamaGreki zigcwele abalingiswa abamangalisayo abangayeki ukusimangaza. Omunye wabo intombi enhle uPersephone , owayeyindlovukazi yezitshalo ekuqaleni futhi kamuva waba unkulunkulukazi weHayidese. Kunzima ukukholwa ukuthi ubumnandi nobumsulwa bakhe kwaba yisiqalekiso sakhe esikhulu.
Namuhla ngifuna ukunitshela ngendaba yale nzalo encane kaZeus. Nizojabula kakhulu ukufunda ngempilo yakhe kokubili eMhlabeni nase-Underworld. Ngizonitshela ngemvelaphi yakhe, ukuthi impilo yakhe yayinjani, kanye nokuxhumana kwakhe nezinkathi zonyaka . Nizobona ukuthi nizoyithanda le ndlela yokuzidela.
Umsuka we-Persephone
Ngokusho kwenganekwane, lona wesifazane osemusha wayeyindodakazi kaZeus , inkosi yonkulunkulu bama-Olympian kanye nombusi wabantu abafayo. UDemeter, unina , wayengunkulunkulukazi wezwe, ephethe ezolimo, enesibopho sokuzala nokuvikela zonke izinhlobo zezitshalo kanye nokuvuna kwazo. Kodwa-ke, abazali ababili babengahlali ndawonye; uZeus wayehlala noHare eNtabeni i-Olympus, kanti uDemeter wayehlala eMhlabeni nendodakazi yakhe.
Umama nendodakazi bakhe iqembu elifanele ukugcina ukuvumelana okuluhlaza kweplanethi . Umama wenza imbewu yahluma emhlabeni, kanti indodakazi yakhe, uPersephone, wayenesibopho sokugcina ibhalansi phakathi kwezitshalo. Ukuba khona kwazo kwalondoloza zonke izitshalo futhi kwenza amasimu aqhakaze.
Baphila impilo enokuthula nethakazelisayo, benakekela izitshalo ezikude ne-Olympus nabo bonke onkulunkulu bayo. Kwaze kwaba usuku olulodwa olubuhlungu, konke kwashintsha kubo—usuku olumnyama kakhulu empilweni kaPersephone. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi kuqhubeke, ukuphila kwakhe kwahlukaniswa phakathi kwezwe labaphilayo nabafileyo , futhi imvelo ayizange iphinde ifane. Kwenzekani ukuze kubangele lesi simo?
I-Persephone ithunjwa yiHayidese
UPersephone nonina babevame ukuhambahamba emvelweni ukuze babuke imisebenzi yezimfanelo zakhe eduze. Lezi zidalwa zabajabulisa kakhulu futhi zabakhuthaza ukuba baqhubeke nokudala izitshalo ezengeziwe, begcwele intshisekelo yokuzuzisa bonke abakhileyo eMhlabeni. Babehlala behlola amasimu, imifudlana, kanye nezindawo ezilinyiwe.
Ngolunye usuku olunelanga, njengabanye abaningi, uPersephone wahambahamba ehlathini nonina kanye nabangani bakhe be-nymph ababehlala behamba nabo. Phakathi kwezingadi ezinezimbali kwakumi intombi ethandekayo, icabanga ngobuhle obunemibala eminingi nabangane bayo; nokho, unina wayehambile ukuyohlola ezinye izindawo.
Lokhu kuhlukana okufushane phakathi kukamama nendodakazi kwaba yindleko, ngoba othile wayembhekile eduze futhi wayelinde nje ukungazi lutho ukuze amthathe ngenkani. Lo menzi wobubi wayengeyena omunye ngaphandle kweHayidesi, unkulunkulu wezwe labafileyo.
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.
Ukuthanda kwakhe iPersephone kwamholela ekubeni amthumbe amyise ezweni labafileyo . Abangane bakhe be-nymph babengenamandla okukuvimba. Lapho wonke umuntu eqaphela okwenzekile, bajezisa ama-nymph ngokunganaki kwawo, kuyilapho unina owayengaduduzeki eqhubeka nokufuna kwakhe okuphuthumayo, engazi ukuthi kwenzekani futhi engazi ukuthi ukuphi.
UHelios, unkulunkulu welanga , ethintekile ngenxa yosizi lwakhe, wamtshela indaba yokuthunjwa. Kungaleso sikhathi lapho, ethukuthele, egcwele usizi nokungabi namandla, wanquma ukuya ezweni labafileyo ukuyofuna indodakazi yakhe, eshiya amasimu elahliwe. Ayeka ukuqhakaza, imifula yoma emithonjeni yayo, umoya awusavunguzi, futhi imvelo yafa ngaphansi kwamehlo abo bonke abahlala khona abakhathazekile.
UDemeter wayesola uZeus ngokuthi unesandla kulokho okwenzekile, kwadingeka angenelele. UZeus wakhuluma noHades emcela ukuba abuyisele uPersephone kunina , kodwa uHades wenqaba, ekholelwa ukuthi inkosazana engenacala yayimiselwe ukuhlala ezweni labafileyo phakade. Okuwukuphela kwento uZeus ayengayenza kwakuwukuxoxisana naye ngokusala kwakhe phakathi kwemibuso emibili, echitha izinyanga ezithile eMhlabeni kanti abanye naye eHades. UHades wavuma.
IPersephone ibuyela eMhlabeni
Evalelekile futhi engenandlela yokuphuma, uPersephone ompofu kwadingeka ahlukanise impilo yakhe yangaphambili yenjabulo nenjabulo neyobukhosi bezwe elingaphansi komhlaba—imibuso emibili ephikisana ngokuphelele. Yena, kanye neHayidese, babephethe ubukhosi phezu kwabafileyo, bebavimbela ukuba bangazulazuli baye kwezinye izindawo. Wayehlala nonina, lapho ayedansa khona, ehleka, ehlabelela, futhi eletha ukuphila emasimini angenamkhawulo ezimbali.
Ngakho-ke waqhubeka ephila phakathi kokuphila nokufa. Kuthiwa wayenamadodakazi amabili aneHayidesi : uMakaria , unkulunkulukazi wokufa; kanye noMelinoe , unkulunkulukazi wezipoki. AmaGreki alandisa nokuthi wasiza u-Orpheus ukuba athole umkakhe oshonile, yize umzamo wabo wavinjelwa yiphutha.
Lo mdwebo wamahlaya ubonisa ubuthakathaka bobumsulwa kanye nokubaluleka kokuzivikela kubantu abanonya. NjengeHades, baningi abafana naye, futhi uPersephone angaba yinoma iyiphi inkosazana engenacala. Ukuphila kwalaba bantu abavelele kuma-Olimpiki kubonisa ngokucacile amaqiniso okuphila kwabantu.
