Gaia: Unkulunkulukazi wesiGreki weMhlaba

Thola Umlando WamaGreki WamaGreki Ohambweni Lwakho

Isiko saseGrisi sishintshe kaningi kulo lonke umlando walo, kodwa mhlawumbe inkathi edumile kunazo zonke yamasiko kuleli zwe laseYurophu i-Ancient Greece lapho kunkulunkulu onkulunkulu bamaGrisi nabesifazanekazikazi abakhulekelwa kulo lonke izwe.

Nakuba kungekho amathempeli akhona ku-Goddess yamaGreki weMhlaba, uGaia, kunezinhlobo eziningi zobuciko obuhle emakhandeni naseminyuziyamu ezweni lonke. Ngezinye izikhathi kuboniswa njengengxenye engcwatshwe emhlabeni, uGaia uboniswa njengowesifazane omuhle onokuzidla ozungezwe izithelo nomhlaba.

Kuwo wonke umlando, iGaia yayikukhulekelwa ngokuyinhloko endaweni evulekile noma emaphandleni, kodwa amanxiwa asendulo aseDelphi, amamitha angu-100 enyakatho-ntshonalanga ye-Athene eParnassus intaba, yayiyindawo eyodwa eyayiqakatheke kuyo. UDelphi wayekhonza njengomhlangano wamasiko emnyakeni wokuqala wenkulungwane BC futhi waphukwa ngokuba yindawo engcwele yenkulunkulukazi womhlaba.

Uma uhlela ukuya eGrisi ukubona izindawo ezithile zokukhulekela zeGaia, uzodinga ukuba ufike e- Athens International Airport ( ikhodi yesikhumulo sezindiza : ATH) bese ubeka ihhotela phakathi komuzi neNtaba iParnassus. Kunezinsuku eziningi ezinhle kakhulu zokuhamba ngosuku oluzungeza umuzi kanye nohambo oluncane oluzungeza iGrisi ungathatha uma unesikhathi esengeziwe ngesikhathi sokuhlala kwakho, futhi.

Ifa kanye nezindaba zeGaia

Ezingqungqutheleni zamaGreki, uGaia wayengunkulunkulu wokuqala ovela kuzo zonke ezinye. Wazalelwa eChaos, kodwa njengoba iChaos ihlehlisiwe, uGaia waba khona. Ngedwa, wadala oshade naye ogama lakhe lingu-Uranus, kodwa waba ngumhawu futhi unonya, ngakho uGaia wanxusa ezinye izingane ukuba zimsize ukuba abuse uyise.

UCronos, indodana yakhe, wathatha u-Uranus ugqoke ugundane futhi waphonsa izitho zakhe ezihlangene elwandle olukhulu; unkulunkulukazi u- Aphrodite wayezalwa ngaleso sikhathi ngokuxuba igazi ne-foam. UGaia waba nabanye abalingani abandakanya uTartarus noPontus owazala izingane eziningi ezihlanganisa i-Oceanus, Coeus, Crius, Theia, Rhea, Themis, Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Tethys, i-Python Delphi, ne-Titans Hyperion ne-Iapetus.

UGaia ungunkulunkulukazi oyinhlokokazi, ephelele. AmaGreki ayekholelwa ukuthi isifungo esifungelwe uGaia sasinamandla kunazo zonke ngoba akekho owayengaphuma eMhlabeni ngokwakhe. Ezikhathini zanamuhla, ososayensi abathile bomhlaba basebenzisa igama elithi "Gaia" ukuthi lisho iplanethi ephilayo ephelele, njengemvelo eyinkimbinkimbi. Eqinisweni, izikhungo eziningi kanye nezikhungo zesayensi ezungeze iGrisi zibizwa ngokuthi uGaia ngokuhlonipha lesi sibopho emhlabeni.

Izindawo Zokukhulekela Gaia eGrisi

Ngokungafani nabanye onkulunkulu bama-Olympian nabesifazanekazikazi abanjengoZeus, Apollo , noHera , awekho amathempeli akhona eGreece ungavakashela ukuhlonipha unkulunkulukazi ongumGreki. Njengoba uGaia engunina womhlaba, abalandeli bakhe bamkhulekela njalo nomaphi lapho bengathola khona umphakathi nomhlaba kanye nemvelo.

Idolobha lasendulo laseDelphi lalibhekwa njengezizathu ezingcwele zeGaia, futhi abantu ababezohamba khona eGrisi lasendulo babeyoshiya iminikelo e-altare edolobheni. Kodwa-ke, idolobha liye lachitha iningi lezinkathi zanamuhla, futhi azikho izithombe ezisele zankulunkulukazi ngezizathu. Noma kunjalo, abantu bevela eduze nasekude ukuvakashela leli sayithi elingcwele ngesikhathi beya eGrisi.