Ngokweentsomi ISmirna, Intombi yokumkani waseAsiriya, ugculelwa UAphrodite uthixokazi wothando, esithi yena mhle. U-Aphrodite, ukuziphindezela, wamohlwaya ngothando oluphambeneyo ngoyise. ISmirna ngobusuku obunye, isebenzisa ubumnyama, yangena ebhedini katata wayo yazinikela kuye. Utata wakhe akufumanisa ukulala ngenkohliso, wayedidekile kwaye enomsindo watsala ikrele lakhe, wamlandela, wasinda kuphela xa I-Aphrodite Uwuguqula ube ngumthi wemore. Xa umzuzu wokuzalwa komntwana wafika, i-bark yaqhuma kwaye kwaphuma indoda eyayibiza ngokuba ngu-Adonis, njengoko umama kaSmyrna wayengenakumkhulisa, u-Aphrodite wamsizela umntwana wamnika iPersephone ukuba ayikhulise.
I-Persephone yathandana no-Adonis kwaye yamgcina kuye, ukumenza isithandwa sakhe, u-Aphrodite onomona uyambanga. Impikiswano inje kukuba uZeus kwafuneka angenelele, ebanika bobabini, kodwa unxantathu wothando awuzange usebenze, kwaye oko kwakhokelela kumona, owazisa ukufa ngemela Adonis ngezandla zothixo uAres. Adonis, kwanyanzeleka ukuba achithe esihogweni. Kodwa uthixokazi Aphrodite wakhupha yonke iinyanga ezintandathu ukonwabela uthando lwakhe.
Eli bali lenzelwe kwiinkcubeko ezininzi ukulinganisa malunga nezolimo. Imbewu ifihla phantsi komhlaba njengo-Adonis, izalwa entwasahlobo, xa uAphrodite, uthixokazi wenzala, edibana no-Adonis, xa ivelisa iziqhamo kusehlotyeni, iwela phantsi kwerhengqa lomvuni.
Iinkuni ze Imore Ifunwa kakhulu ngabenzi bekhabhinethi okanye abajikajikayo kuba kunzima kwaye kunamabala. Kwi Imore Bayayisebenzisa ukwenza ibhonsai, okanye njengomthi wokuhombisa. Ukuthena kungenziwa kwiiveki zokugqibela zobusika, kwandiswe ngembewu okanye ngokusikwa.