USelene wayengumfanekiso wenyanga emlandweni wamaGreki.
U-Selene ungomunye wabantu abangaziwa kakhulu (okungenani ezinsukwinikazi zamanje) zaseGreece. Uhlukile phakathi kunkulunkulukazi bezinyanga zamaGreece ngoba nguye kuphela ovezwe njengenyanga eyakhiwa yizimbongi zakudala zakudala.
Wazalelwa esiqhingini saseGrisi saseGrisi, uSelene ungowesifazane osemusha osemusha, ovame ukuvezwa ngendwangu ekhanda inyanga. Ufanekiselwa inyanga ngesimo saso sokunyuka futhi uchazwa njengokushayela inqola egibele amahhashi phakathi nesibhakabhaka ebusuku.
Indaba Yesiqalo kaSelene
Umzali wakhe ukhululekile, kodwa ngokusho komlobi ongumGreki uHesiod, uyise wakhe kwakunguHyperion nonina wayengudadewabo u-Euryphessa, owaziwa nangokuthi uTheia. Bobabili uHyperion noTheia babengamaTitans, futhi uHesiod wabiza inzalo yabo "abantwana abathandekayo: i-Eos enezikhali futhi uSelene ogqoke ngokucebile namaHelios angenasici."
U- Helios umfowabo wayengunkulunkulu welanga lamaGreki, nodadewabo u-Eos wayengunkulunkulukazi wenkambama. USelene naye wakhuleka njengoFebebe, umHuntress. Njengabankulunkulukazi abaningi bamaGrisi, wayenezici eziningana ezahlukene. USelene ukholelwa ukuthi unkulunkulukazi wenyanga odlule kuno-Arthemisi, owamthatha esikhundleni sakhe ngezindlela ezithile. Phakathi kwamaRoma, uSelene wayaziwa ngokuthi uLuna.
U-Selene unamandla okunikeza ubuthongo nokukhanya ebusuku. Ulawula isikhathi, futhi njengenyanga, uqobo uyaguquka njalo. Kuyathakazelisa ke, ukuthi enye yezingxenye ezihlala njalo zezinganekwane zikaSelene ihlobene nokugcina u-Endymion wakhe othandekayo esimweni esingaguquki kuze kube phakade.
U-Selene no-Endymion
U-Selene uthandana nomalusi ofayo u-Endymion futhi uhlangana naye, emzalela amadodakazi amahlanu. Indaba ithi uyamvakashela njalo ebusuku - inyanga ehla esibhakabhakeni - futhi iyamthanda kakhulu ukuthi ayikwazi ukuthwala umqondo wokufa kwakhe. Uphonsa isipele ukumbeka ebuthongweni obunzima kuze kube phakade ukuze ambone, engaguquki, kuze kube phakade.
Ezinye izinguqulo zezinganekwane azicaci ngokucacile ukuthi i-Endymion yaphela kanjani ekuguleni okuphakade, ebeka isipelingi kuZeus, futhi ayichazwanga ukuthi la mabili akhiqiza kanjani izingane ezingu-50 uma elele. Noma kunjalo, amadodakazi ama-Selene no-Endymion angama-50 ayezovela ezinyangeni ezingu-50 ze-Olympic Olympiad. U-Selene wagcina i-Endymion emhumeni weNtaba yaseLatmus eCaria.
Ama-Trysts kaSelene Nenye Inzalo
U-Selene wadukiswa nguNkulunkulu uPan , owamupha isipho sehhashi elimhlophe noma, ngokuhlukile, inkabi emhlophe. Wabuye wazala amadodakazi amaningana noZeus , kuhlanganise noNaxos, u-Ersa, unkulunkulukazi wobusha uPandeia (ungamdideli noPandora), noNemaia. Abanye bathi uPan wayeyise kaPandeia.
Izindawo zeThempeli zikaSelene
Ngokungafani nezintombikazi ezinkulu zamaGrisi, uSelene wayengekho amasayithi athempeli. Njengomamakazi wenyanga, wayekwazi ukubonwa kusuka cishe yonke indawo.
USelene noSelenium
U-Selene unikeza igama lakhe kwisici se-trace selenium, esetshenziswe ku-xerography ukukopisha amadokhumenti naku-toner yezithombe. I-Selenium isetshenziselwa imboni yeglasi ukwenza izibuko ezinombala obomvu nezigqoko zokugcoba nokugcoba ingilazi futhi isetshenziselwa ama-photocells namamitha alula.