Kwimbali yamaRoma, unkulunkulu u-Mercury (eGrisi uHermes) wayengumnini wezorhwebo kunye nenzuzo. Emva kwexesha elithile wayebhekwa njengonkulunkulu wezobugcisa, ubugcisa, umlingo kunye nenkwenkwezi. AmaRoma ayekholelwa ukuba i-Mercury isebenza njengesikhokelo esithile semiphefumlo kwindawo yabafileyo. Unina wayengunkulunkulukazi wamaMaya. Yingakho amaxhoba kunye neendlela ezahlukeneyo zonqulo ezadlulayo ngaphambi kokuqala kwekhalenda yehlobo, kwiiveki zokugqibela zikaMeyi. Ubaba wajonga iJupiter. Wayebizwa ngokuba nguThixo wezixhobo ezahlukeneyo kunye nokufumanisa. AmaRoma amhlonela uMercury ngenxa yobulungisa kunye nokuthanda umsebenzi. Xa i-mercury yafunyanwa, yayikuhlonipha le thixo ukuba igama elitsha lathiwa igama. Izazi zeenkwenkwezi ziye zaziqonda, kuba enye yeeplanethi nayo ibizwa ngokuba nguThixo.
Yintoni eyaziwayo ngonkulunkulu waseRoma waseMercury?
Bambonisa njengomntu omude, omhle, onamehlo aphilileyo. Kufanelekile ukukhankanya iimpawu ezifihlakeleyo zobuso obungqina bentlola nobubele. Ekuqaleni, babemele unkulunkulu wezorhwebo ngekhredithi enkulu. Kamva, waqhathaniswa noHermes, ngoko wayenembadada enamaphiko, umkhwa wendlela kunye nengxande esandleni sakhe. Ngokumalunga nomntu owayephethe imali wayifaka ingxowa enkulu, ayenxibe ecaleni. Wayebambene kunye neForune. AmaRoma akholelwa ukuba i-Mercury ayinceda kuphela ukufumana, kodwa ikuvumela ukuba ubone ubuncwane obufihlakeleyo.
Phakathi kwamaGrike, uThixo uMnumzane wayebhekwa njengomlindi, kuba akazange alele. Njengomthunywa kaZeus, wayekhonza njengonkulunkulu wamaphupha. Esebenzisa umjikelo wakhe, wavala amehlo abantu, waza wavusa. AmaGrike amaninzi namaRoma ngaphambi kokuba ubuthongo bulethe udla. Siyabonga ngeMercury ngamakhono abo angangena kwiimbini zombini. Bambona nje ukuba ungumthunywa wothixo. Ngenxa yokuxhamla kunye nobuqili, i-Mercury ibizwa ngokuba ngumphathi wokuba nokukhohlisa. Njengomntwana, wayeba umhlambi weenkomo ukusuka kuFeos. Ngokubanzi, iFobos kunye neMercury yayinemisebenzi efanayo. Enye inkolelo ichaza ukuba i-Mercury yifumana ingqungquthela kwaye yenza kuyo ingoma, ekugqibeleni yayithengisa kwi-Phabos yeenkomo. Unkulunkulu wezorhwebo wanikezelwa kuye kunye nombhobho, apho wamkela intonga yegolide kunye nokukwazi ukuqagela.
UThixo wezorhwebo waseMercury waba yinto ethandwa kakhulu kwixesha xa iRoma yaqala ukuthengisa kunye nezinye iintlanga. Ephantse kwipango leCapen ngumthombo, oye wanikezelwa kulobu dhixo. Abathengisi kunye nabarhwebi kwiiholide zikaMeyi ezinikezelwe kwiMercury, abazange bahlambe amanzi kuwo, bafake amagatsha e-laurel kwaye bafefe imithandazo ekhethekileyo, bafefe iintloko zabo neempahla. Isithethe esifanayo senzelwe ukuhlamba inkohliso ekhoyo. Kanye kunye nokusabalalisa ubudlelwane bezorhwebo, inkolo yeMercury nayo yahanjiswa. Waqala ukulifunda e-Itali nakwamaphondo.
Kuthetha ukuthini intonga ye-Ancient Greek isiGrike i-Mercury?
Intonga kaxoxwa yorhwebo yintonga yomgca, enenyoka ezimbini. Ngaphezulu kunesigqoko se-Aida ngamaphiko.
Intonga yeshixo waseGrisi i-Mercury ithathwa njengophawu loxolo kunye noxolo. Abantu abaninzi basebenzise njengombonakaliso wommemezeli, kuba lunikezela ukhuseleko ngelixa lutshaba. Akunakwenzeka ukuthetha ukuba le fayile ibonakala kwiGrisi yamandulo, kuba kukho ubungqina bokusetyenziswa kwayo eYiputa ngokuhlonipha uOsiris.