Amanzi omuntu kubalulekile, ngoba ngaphandle kwalo akunakwenzeka ukuba uphile. Yingakho cishe wonke amasiko ayenobuntu bawo obhekene nalesi sici. Abantu bawahlonipha, banikela ngemihlatshelo futhi banikezela amaholide abo.
UNkulunkulu wamanzi eGrisi
I-Poseidon (Neptune kumaRoma) ungumfowabo kaZeyus. Wayebhekwa njengonkulunkulu wombuso wasolwandle. AmaGreki ayesaba ngaye, ngoba ayekholelwa ukuthi uhlangene nakho konke ukuguqulwa kwenhlabathi. Ngokwesibonelo, lapho ukuzamazama komhlaba kuqala, uPoseidon wanikelwa ukuze aqede. Lo mkulunkulu wayehlonishwa yizihambeli nabathengisi. Bamcela ukuba aqinisekise ukunyakaza nokuphumelela ekuhwebeni. AmaGreki anikezelwe kulolu unkulunkulu inani elikhulu lama-altare namathempeli. Ukuhlonipha uPoseidon, imidlalo yezemidlalo yahlelwa, phakathi kwazo okuyinto ethandwa kakhulu yiMidlalo Ye-Isthmian - iholidi lamaGreki, ligujwa njalo eminyakeni emine.
UNkulunkulu wamanzi uPoseidon uyindoda eneminyaka ephakathi nendawo enesisindo esinezinwele ezide ezithinta umoya. Unalo, njengoZeus, intshebe. Ekhanda lakhe kukhona i-wreath eyenziwe ngama-seaweed. Ngokusho kwezinganekwane, unkulunkulu wamanzi uPoseidon unesithathu, okwenza ukuba kube nokushintshashintsha komhlaba, amagagasi olwandle, njll. Ngaphezu kwalokho, udlala indima ye-harpoon, ebanjwa izinhlanzi. Ngenxa yalokhu, uPoseidon naye wabizwa ngokuthi umphathi wabalobi. Ngezinye izikhathi kwakungaboniswa nje kuphela nge-trident, kodwa futhi ngehlengethwa ngakolunye uhlangothi. Lo mulungu wamanzi wayehlukaniswa nesimo sakhe sengqondo esiphezulu. Wayevame ukukhombisa ubuhlukume, ukucasuka nokugwema kwakhe. Ukuze aqinisekise isivunguvungu, uPoseidon wayedinga ukugijima phezu kolwandle enqoleni yakhe yegolide, eyayibanjwe ngamahhashi amhlophe anezinhlamvu zegolide.
UNkulunkulu wamanzi eGibhithe
I-Sebek ifakwe ohlwini lwawonkulunkulu basendulo baseGibhithe. Ngokuvamise kakhulu kwakuvezwe ngendlela yesintu, kodwa ngekhanda lengwenya. Nakuba kukhona isithombe esingafani, lapho umzimba ingwenya, futhi inhloko yomuntu. Unamacici ezindlebeni zakhe, namasongo emasendweni akhe. I-hieroglyph yalona unkulunkulu ingwenya ku-footestal. Kukhona inkolelo yokuthi kwakukhona onkulunkulu bamandulo basendulo ababa nomunye nomunye ngenxa yokufa kwangaphambili. Naphezu kwesithombe esinonya, abantu abazange bacabange ngokuthi u-Sebek uhlamvu olubi. AbaseGibithe bakholelwa ukuthi kusukela ezinyaweni zale nkulunkulu ugeleza iNayile. Wabuye wabizwa ngokuthi umphathi wokuzala. Abadobi nabazingeli babethandaza kuye, bacela ukusiza imiphefumulo yabafileyo.