UNkulunkulu we-Love Cupid

Abaningi banesithakazelo embuzweni wegama lonkulunkulu wothando phakathi kwamaRoma, ngoba kunezinguqulo eziningi ezahlukene. Eqinisweni, Cupid, Cupid, Eros kanye no-Eros yibo bonke onkulunkulu abangaziwa kuphela emasikweni aseRoma, kodwa emhlabeni wonke. Izithombe zakhe zisetshenziselwa izikhumbuzo ezihlukahlukene, okuyinto ethandwa kakhulu ngosuku lukaValentine. I-Cupid ibonisa uthando olungenakugwenywa nesithando. Igama lesiLatin igama lakhe lihunyushwe ngokuthi "ukufisa."

Indaba kaNkulunkulu Wothando Ngomlando WamaRoma WaseMandulo

I-Cupid yindodana kaVenus noVulcan. Nakuba emithonjeni ethile kukhona nolunye ulwazi, ngokusho ukuthi lo mulungu uvela kuphi iqanda legolide noma lesiliva. Umelele unkulunkulu wothando lwabesilisa abasha noma ingane ene-mop yezinwele zegolide. Emuva wakhe wayenamaphiko amvumela ukuba ahlasele izinhloso zakhe kusuka kunoma iyiphi indawo elula. Njalo unkulunkulu, i-Cupid yayigqoke umnsalo nemicibisholo yegolide eshaya izinhliziyo zabantu. Abantu abashiya imizwa yabo, uNkulunkulu wothando wanqotshwa ukuba ahlupheke. Ngokuthakazelisayo, imicibisholo ayithumanga kuphela, kodwa nayo yabulala imizwa. Ngezinye izikhathi i-Cupid iboniswe amehlo, okufanekisela ukukhetha okungahleliwe. Kunolwazi lokuthi lwaluvela lapha ukuthi inkulumo ethi "uthando iyimpumputhe."

U-Cupid wayengumsizi ka-Aphrodite, futhi wayekujabulela ukukhulekela okungokoqobo okuvela kuNkulunkulu. Onkulunkulu bothando emasikweni aseRoma babengenakukwazi ukumelana nemicibisholo yabantu abavamile, kodwa nabo onkulunkulu. UZeyus ngokwakhe wavuma ukuthi uthando lungamandla angenakuqothulwa. Bayihlonipha i-Cupid hhayi kuphela njengonkulunkulu wabathandi, kodwa futhi njengomphathi wobungane besilisa. Ezikoleni zemfundo kwakuvame ukufakwa phakathi kwezithombe zikaHermes noHercules. Banikela kuye ngaphambi kokuba impi ihlangane futhi ikhuthaze ukwethembeka komunye nomunye.

Izinganekwane mayelana ne-Cupid ne-Psyche

UVenus wayefisa ubuhle obuhle be-Psyche, eyayifa. Wala indodana yakhe ukuba imjezise. Esikhundleni salokho, ebona ubuhle, unkulunkulu we-Cupid wothando wamenza waba ngumkakhe. Njengoba abantu babengenakubukela onkulunkulu, le ntombazane yayingazi ngisho nendlela umyeni wayo abheka ngayo. Konke kwaze kwaze kwaba yilapho iSisters of Psyche imphoqa ukuba alandele Cupid futhi ambuke. Lokhu kwathukuthelisa unkulunkulu, futhi wamshiya, ethatha nazo zonke izibusiso ezenzelwe othandekayo. Le ntombazane yahlupheka isikhathi eside futhi yanquma ukuya ethempelini leVenus futhi iphendukela kumama wothando lwakhe. Unkulunkulukazi uthe uzokhuluma ngo-Cupid, kodwa emva kokuba i-Psyche idlule ukuhlolwa okuningi. Intombazane yanquma ngalokho okungeke kudingeke ukufakazela uthando lwakhe, ngakho wamukela isipho. Umsebenzi wokugcina kwakuwukuhambisa iBhokisi likaPandora eliya phansi. Kwakubalulekile ukungawuvuli. Ilukuluku lwalukhona, futhi ubuthongo obufile buvela ebhokisini likaPandora, futhi i-Psyche yafa. I-Cupid ithole umthandi futhi imbuyisele ekuphileni. Amandla emizwa yalesi sibhangqwana ayithandwa ngabantu kuphela, kodwa futhi onkulunkulu.

UNkulunkulu othandana namaRoma ngobuciko

Njengoba sekushiwo kakade, isithombe se-Cupid sisetshenziselwa ukwenza izinkumbulo ezihlukahlukene, futhi zingahlukana ezenzweni nasekubukeni kwenkulunkulu. Ngokuvamile, ngayinye yalezi zitho zangaphakathi zinezincazelo ezithile okufanele wazi futhi ucabangele. I-Cupid ingamelwa kulezo zithombe:

1. Ngenhliziyo evuthayo ezandleni zakhe kuyisibonakaliso sothando, futhi inhliziyo iyavutha kusuka izinzwa kuya into yokudumisa.
2. Ngesandla somlilo ovala umlilo, kuyisibonakaliso sokuthi uma umuntu enganaki imizwa yomunye umuntu, uthando luyakwazi ukunyamalala.
3. Ukushaya ngenhliziyo yesando kuwuphawu lokuthi kufanelekile ukulinganisela ukuzikhandla kwakho futhi wenze konke ngokuhlakanipha.
4. Ngenduku yokudoba esandleni - lokhu kuyisibonakaliso sokuthi umuntu uvame ukugcoba ukukhanga ngothando, futhi ubanjwe, futhi lokhu kuletha izinkinga eziningi nezinsizi.