Ngokusho kwe- Izinganekwane zamaGrikhi I-Olympus, intaba ephakeme kunazo zonke eGrisi, yayihlala onkulunkulu ababekhulekelwa abantu. UZeus wayenguyise wabo bonke onkulunkulu futhi wayeshade noHera. IHayidesi lalibusa endaweni yabafileyo nasePoseidon ezilwandle. Ngemuva kwalokho, abanye onkulunkulu babengamadodana kaZeus, bebonke, futhi ngamunye wayenomkhuba wakhe, imithandazo neminikelo. Unkulunkulu ngamunye wayenomlando wakhe, wayehlala esigodlweni se-crystal, enesimo somuntu, engakaze abe mdala, wayenemizwa, ondliwa nge-ambrosia kanye nectar futhi angaba nezingane nabantu, ekugcineni abe onkulunkulu.
Omunye walaba bantu babenguNkulunkulu UDionisio. Wayengunkulunkulu wewayini, kuyiqiniso, wamaphathi nesiyaluyalu, kepha futhi wayengunkulunkulu owafundisa amadoda ukutshala iwayini nokwenza. Amadoda ayegubha intwasahlobo nokuthi impilo izalwa kanjani ngalesi sikhathi sonyaka bayigubha nabaningi imicimbi, kufaka phakathi imincintiswano yokulingisa eyagcina inqume ukuzalwa kwetiyetha. UDionysus wayeyindodana kaZeus kodwa hhayi kaHera. UZeus wayenayo noSemele, indodakazi yenkosi yaseThebes. Insumansumane ithi uZeus wathandana waguquka waba ngumuntu ukuze amyengele kepha wayengafuni ukwazi lutho. Ngemuva kwalokho wadlubulunda ukuthi ungubani futhi yena, esaphila ngokwengeziwe, wamamukela futhi wakhulelwa indodana. Kepha lapho esenezinyanga eziyisithupha ekhulelwe, uHera wabonakala kuye, enomona omkhulu, wamtshela ukuthi leyondoda akuyona indoda kaZeyus. USémele wayengathembi futhi wacela uZeus ukuthi aziveze njengonkulunkulu, ukuze amkholelwe, kepha uZeus wacasuka wamshaya ngombani.
KwakunguHermes okwazile ukusindisa umfana. Wayikhipha esiswini sikanina wayipheka ethangeni likaZeus lapho yahlala khona izinyanga ezintathu. Ukuzalwa okunenkinga kwakukhona unkulunkulu wethu, akunjalo? Ezinye izinganekwane zithi uDionysus wathandana no-Ariadne ngenkathi uLesus emshiya eNaxos ngemuva kokubulala iminotaur. Wamshada, ngenhlanhla.
Umthombo: nge Umhlahlandlela waseGrisi
Isithombe: nge Imoto isilungile