Ngokutsho kwe Iintsomi zamaGrike IOlympus, eyona ntaba iphakamileyo eGrisi, yayilikhaya loothixo ababenqulwa ngabantu. UZeyus wayenguyise wabo bonke oothixo kwaye wayetshate noHera. Hadesi walawula kwelabafileyo kunye Poseidon kwiilwandle. Emva koko, abanye oothixo yayingoonyana bakaZeus, ngokubanzi, kwaye ngamnye wayenesiko lakhe, imithandazo kunye neminikelo. Uthixo ngamnye wayenembali yakhe, wayehlala kwinqaba yekristale, wayenomntu, engazange abe mdala, eneemvakalelo, ondliwe nge-ambrosia kunye nectar kwaye wayenokuba nabantwana nabantu, ekugqibeleni abe ngoothixo.
Omnye waba bantu babenguThixo Dionisio. Wayenguthixo we wayini, kuyinyani, wamatheko kunye nokuphazamiseka, kodwa wayekwanguthixo owayefundisa amadoda ukuba alime iwayini kwaye ayenze.Amadoda ayebhiyozela intwasahlobo kunye nendlela ubomi obuzalwa ngayo ngeli xesha lonyaka bayigubha kunye iminyhadala, kubandakanya ukhuphiswano lokubambela oluye lwazimisela ukuzalwa kweqonga. UDionysus wayengunyana kaZeus kodwa hayi kaHera. UZeus wayenayo noSemele, intombi yokumkani waseThebes. Intsomi ithi uZeus wathandana waguquka wangumntu ukuba amrhwebeshe kodwa wayengafuni kwazi nto. Emva koko wavukela ukuba ungubani kwaye yena, ephila ngakumbi, wamamkela kwaye wakhulelwa unyana. Kodwa emva kweenyanga ezintandathu ekhulelwe, uHera weza kuye, enomona kakhulu, wamxelela ukuba le ndoda ayinguZeus. USémele wayengathembi kwaye wacela uZeus ukuba azibonakalise njengothixo, ukuze akholelwe kuye, kodwa uZeus wakhathazeka kwaye wambetha ngombane.
YayinguHermes okwaziyo ukugcina inkwenkwe leyo. Wayikhupha esiswini sikanina wayipheka ethangeni likaZeus apho yahlala khona iinyanga ezintathu. Ukuzalwa okucaphukisayo kunothixo wethu, akunjalo? Ezinye iinkolelo zithi uDionysus wathandana no-Ariadne xa uLesus wamshiya eNaxos emva kokubulala i-minotaur. Wamtshata, ngethamsanqa.
Umthombo: nge Isikhokelo seGrisi
Ifoto: nge Imoto ilungile