I-Medusa ye-gorgon. Inganekwane yemvelaphi

Uma ufunda ngokucophelela amanga nemigqa yamaGreki asendulo, kuyacaca ukuthi kwakukhona ama-gorgons amaningana, kodwa, emva kweminyaka eyizinkulungwane, enkumbulweni, singakwazi ukukhiqiza igama elilodwa kuphela - i-Medusa.

I-Medusa ye-gorgon. Inganekwane yemvelaphi

Okushiwo okokuqala ezincwadini zezidalwa ze-snakehead kubuyele emuva ekhulwini lesishiyagalombili BC. Ku-Odyssey, uHomer ubhala ngeMedusa, i-monster evela e-underworld, naseTheogony, uHesiod ilandisa odade abathathu be-gorgon. Ngokuvamile, kunezinketho eziningana zokuthi i-gorgons ivele kanjani nokuthi ngubani ekuqaleni.

Ukuqala kokubonakala ko-Euripides okwalandela kwakuyi-titanic. Kuthiwa umama we-gorgon nguGaia, unkulunkulukazi womhlaba kanye noyise we-Titans. Uma kunjalo, i-gorgon Medusa nodadewabo bebengaba yizilwane.

Inguqulo yesibili ingabizwa ngokuthi "poseidonic". Uyichaza "kuma-Metamorphoses" akhe e-Ovid.

Esikhathini esidlule, esikhathini esidlule, u-Forkis, owaseGrithis, owayengumlando wolwandle ovunguvunguzayo, futhi udadewabo uKeto, isilo sasolwandle esifana nodrako, amadodakazi amathathu azalwa - izintombi ezinhle zamanzi. Bawathola amagama anjalo: iSpheno (elihunyushwe kusukela esiGriki lasendulo ngokuthi "unamandla"), u-Evriala ("ugijime kakhulu") noMedusa ("uqaphe", "lady").

Inhle kunazo zonke odade kwakunguGorgon Medusa. Wathandeka kakhulu ngobuhle bukaNkulunkulu uPoseidon, kangangokuthi wamphoqa uMedusa ngenkani ethempelini elalinikezelwe ku- Athena. Unkulunkulukazi wathukuthela lapho ezwa ngokuchithwa kwendlu yakhe engcwele, futhi waphenduka intombazane enjenge-gorgon - i-monster ehlanganiswe nezikali ezincane, i-hydra nezinyoka ziqhuma emakhanda abo esikhundleni sezinwele, ngamazinyo aphuzi aphuma emilonyeni yawo . USfeno no-Euryale banquma ukwabelana ngesimo sodadewabo futhi baba nezilo. Futhi mhlawumbe kwakungekho ethempelini, u-Athena onamandla nje wayefisa ukubonakala okuhle kukaMedusa futhi unomhawu ngunkulunkulu wakhe wolwandle.

I-gorgon medusa - owodwa kuphela odade wayefayo, futhi kuphela owayengenza abantu bakhe babe yizigcawu zamatshe. Ngokwezinye izinkolelo, zonke izinhlanzi ezintathu zinezipho ezimbi ukuguqula abantu nezilwane zibe ngamatshe, futhi ukufisa amanzi. Ngesikhathi umfana uPerseus ehlaselwa ngephutha engakusho ukuthi angabulala i-gorgon Medusa, u-Athena wamfica ngegama. Wafundisa iqhawe ukuthi angayinqoba kanjani i-gorgon futhi akaphenduli ngamatshe, futhi wanikela le nsizwa isihlangu sayo, epholile njengesibuko. Iqhawe lagcwalisa isithembiso sakhe futhi laletha ikhanda likaMesimusi e-Medusa, futhi labuyisela isihlangu lapho isithombe se-gorgon sanyatheliswa khona.

AmaGreki asendulo ayekholelwa ukuthi i-Medusa ye-gorgon, noma kunalokho, ikhanda layo eliqhekekile - liyisakhiwo esihle kakhulu sokuqapha, ukuvikela ebubini nase "iso elibi". Kanjalo kwavela futhi kwasakazeka iziqhwa-gorgonejons.

Izithombe zikaMedusa zasetshenziswa ezikhali, izikhali, izindandatho, izinhlamvu zemali nezakhiwo zezakhiwo hhayi eGreece kuphela, kodwa naseRoma lasendulo, i-Byzantium neScythia. Ekuqaleni, i-gorgon yayigwetshwe kabi kakhulu, njengenkosi yangempela, kodwa ekugcineni uMedusa wayevezwa njengowesifazane omuhle, kodwa owesabekayo onenyoka ekhinyayo ekhanda lakhe.