Inkathi yama-polytheism ezikhathini zasendulo zazikhona phakathi kwabantu bonke. Yonke into yemvelo nomkhakha womsebenzi abantu bathole abanikazi babo kanye nabavikeli. Ngokwesibonelo, onkulunkulu bokuhweba ezizweni ezahlukene, babe nemisebenzi efanayo, futhi ngezinye izikhathi babheka ukufana okufanayo.
UNkulunkulu wezokuhwebelana namaRoma
Unkulunkulu wokuhweba nenzuzo evela kumaRoma kwakunguMercury - indodana yodumo wasezulwini weJupiter nonkulunkulukazi we-spring Maya. Emkhakheni wezinkulunkulu zamaRoma uMercury wabonakala emva kokuqala kobudlelwane bokuhweba baseRoma lasendulo namanye amazwe, kodwa waphendula ekuqaleni kuphela ukudayiswa kwesinkwa.
Ngaphandle, unkulunkulu wokuhweba phakathi kwamaRoma wayebukeka njengendoda encane ekhangayo enemikhuba emihle nekhredithi eliqinile. Ukuhlukanisa i-Mercury evela kwabanye onkulunkulu kungenzeka nge-stick-caduceus, izicathulo ezinamaphiko nesikhwama.
Kukhona inganekwane mayelana nokubonakala kweMercury Caduceus. Ngisho esemncane, uMercury wanquma ukweba izinkomo ezingcwele ezivela e-Apollo, futhi lapho umnikazi wezinkomo eveza ubuqili, wamnika i-lira eyenziwe ngesandla sakhe kusukela egoboleni le-tortle. U-Apollo, naye, wanika uMercury umhlanga. Usana luphonsa umhlanga enkampanini yenyoka, izilwane ezinwabuzelayo zibophe intonga futhi zavela njenge-caduceus - uphawu lokuthula.
AmaRoma alula ayemthanda uMercury ngokuzikhandla nangokubambisana, amthethelela i-penchant yokukhohlisa nokusebenzisa kahle. Izifanekiso zikaMercury azitholanga kuphela emathempelini, kodwa nasezikhungweni zezemidlalo, lapho abagijimi becela khona unkulunkulu ophuthumayo ukuba abanikeze isivinini, amandla nokukhuthazela. Futhi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, igama likaMercury labizwa ngokuthi yi-planethi esheshayo yesistimu yelanga.
Njengoba i-Mercury kusukela ebuntwaneni yayiyiqhinga, wabuye wabizwa ngokuthi umphathi wamasela nabangcolisayo. Abahwebi, beza ethempelini likaMercury, bathululela amanzi angcwele futhi ngaleyo ndlela bahlanza icala lokukhohliswa. Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, uMercury wamiswa njengesithunywa sezinkulunkulu , umqhubi wemiphefumulo yabashonile e-underworld, kanye nomgcini wezinsizakalo zabahambi nabagibeli. Le mithwalo yemfanelo yayibizwa ngokuthi yiMercury ngemuva kokumkhomba ngeHermes.
Unkulunkulu wokuhweba phakathi kwamaGreki
UNkulunkulu uHermesi wayebhekwa njengelungelo lokuhweba phakathi kwamaGreki asendulo. UHermes ufana kakhulu noMercury: naye wayeyindodana yenkulunkulu oyinhloko (uZeus), kusukela ebuntwaneni yayihlukaniswa ngobuqili nokuxoshwa, ayihlonipheki abathengisi kuphela, kodwa futhi abahlukumezayo. Kodwa-ke, kwakukhona ukungafani: uHermes naye wayengunkulunkulu wezinkanyezi, umlingo kanye nesayensi ehlukahlukene. Njengoba isibonakaliso sokuhlonishwa kweHermes, amaGreki afaka imifino emigwaqeni yemigwaqo - izinsika zefallic ifomu (uHermes laziwa ngokuthanda kwakhe) ngesithombe skulunkulu. Kamuva i-herms yalahlekelwa incazelo yawo yangempela futhi yaba izici ezilula.
UNkulunkulu wokuhweba phakathi kwamaSlav
Unkulunkulu waseSlavic wezokuhweba kanye nenzuzo yeVeles wayehluke ngokuphawulekayo kubantu abahlakaniphile, abaqili nabaphanga beMercury neHermes. I-Veles ibhekwa njengesibili ngobukhulu ngemuva komsunguli oyinhloko - i-Perun. I-Veles yangaphandle yayimelwe yinduna enesihawu, e-shaggy, enkulu, okwathi ngezikhathi ezithile yayibheke ibhere.
Ekuqaleni, uVeles wayengumgcini wezingcweti, abelusi kanye nama-tillers, okwakuyisibopho sokushiya izipho kuNkulunkulu - isikhumba sesilwane esifile, izindlebe zesinkwa esingapheli. Abasizi beVeles
Njengoba uVeles ehlonipha izindaba zomuntu zansuku zonke, waphinde waphendula ngokuhweba. Nakuba kungcono kakhulu ukubiza u-Veles unkulunkulu wengcebo etholakalayo ngomsebenzi oqotho. Ukulandela ngokucophelela unkulunkulu weSlavic wokuhweba ukugcinwa kwemibandela nemithetho, ukuphatha abathengisi abathembekile nokujezisa abahlukumezayo.
Emva kwe-christening yaseRussia, abapristi babhekana nomsebenzi wokuzama abantu abavamile ngenkolo esemthethweni. Ngakho-ke, abangcwele abaningi bazuza ngokuzumayo izici zonkulunkulu bamaqaba. "Imithwalo yemfanelo" UVeles wathatha uSt. Blasius, umvikeli wemfuyo, noNicholas the Wonderworker, umphathi wabathengisi nabahambi. Enye ebusweni bukaVeles ibhekwa njengeSanta Claus .