UNkulunkulu wokuzala phakathi kwamaGreki

I-Priapus ungunkulunkulu wokuzala phakathi kwamaGreki. Kunezinguqulo eziningana ezichaza ukuthi ngubani ngempela abazali bakhe. Ngokuvamile bajwayele ukuhluka okungafani noDionysus owayenguyise, futhi u-Aphrodite wayengunina. U-Hera wayengathandi u-Aphrodite futhi wamjezisa ngokungahambi kahle, wathinta isisu sakhe, okwaholela ekwandeni kwezibele zobulili. Ngemva kokubeletha, lapho ethola iphutha enganeni, u-Aphrodite wamshiya wamshiya ehlathini. Njengendodana kaDionysus, u-Priapus wayebhekwa njengophawu lomuntu wesilisa kanye nobunye bokufa nokuphila.

Yini eyaziwa ngunkulunkulu wokuzala eGrisi lasendulo?

Inqwaba yezinganekwane mayelana ne-Priapus ihlotshaniswa nembongolo, ekugcineni yaba yisilwane sayo esingcwele kanye nesibonakaliso sokufisa. Isibonelo, uma unkulunkulu wenzalo enqume ukuncintisana nalesi silwane, yiyiphi yawo inesitho eside somzimba. Le myth has izinguqulo ezimbili, kuye ngokuthi ubani ophumelele emncintiswaneni. Ngokwehlukile okuchazwe lapho i-Priap ilahlekile empini, ekugcineni yabulala imbongolo, eyaba isilwane esingcwele kanye nesinye sezinkanyezi esibhakabhakeni. Kukhona omunye umlando lapho unkulunkulu wasendulo wamaGrisi wokubeletha enquma ukudlwengula iNtshonalanga elele edilini labonkulunkulu, kodwa ngesikhathi esibucayi kakhulu imbongolo yakhala futhi yabanjwa. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi i-Priap yazonda lezi zilwane futhi zahlatshwa umhlatshelo kuye.

Ekuqaleni, i-Priap yayibhekwa njenge-Asia Minor ubuntu futhi yayaziwa edolobheni laseGrisi kuphela. Kanye nenkolo ka-Aphrodite, ukukhulekelwa kukaPraapus kudlulela e-Italy, lapho ehlonishwa khona noNkulunkulu uMzalin. Ngokuvamile, wayebhekwa njengobunkulunkulu bakhe obuphansi futhi ngokuvamile wamphatha ngokunganaki. Ezikhathini eziningi eGreece, unkulunkulu wokuzala wavezwa njengesikebhe esinenhloko ebomvu kanye nokumiswa okukhulu i-phallus. Ngemva kwesikhathi esithile, i-Priapas yaqala ukubhekwa njengomphathi wezivini, izinsimu, izitshalo zezilwane nezinambuzane, ngakho-ke izibalo zakhe zafakwa eduze kwazo. AmaGreki ayekholelwa ukuthi angabesabela amasela. Ingabe lezi zibalo ikakhulukazi zenziwe ngamapulangwe noma ngobumba olubhaka. Engxenyeni ye-Asia Minor kwakukhona inqwaba ye-stele ngendlela ye-phallus.

Emidwebeni, unkulunkulu wasendulo wokuzala u-Priap wayevezwe njengendoda ehamba ze. Iminyango yokugqoka igqoke i-phallus ehle. Eduze kaningi imbongolo yokumemeza yaboniswa. EGreece, kwavela uhlobo oluyingqayizivele lwezinkondlo zokuqala. Amaqoqo amancane ezinkondlo ezinjalo ayebizwa ngokuthi "ama-Priapes". Ukukhulekela unkulunkulu wokuzala kwaqhubeka isikhathi eside eGreece, ngisho nangemva kokutholwa kobuKrestu, naphezu kweqiniso lokuthi isonto kuzo zonke izindlela ezingase zizame ukulivimbela.