Mulungu wa chonde pakati pa Agiriki

Priapus ndi mulungu wobereka pakati pa Agiriki. Pali mabaibulo ambiri omwe akufotokoza omwe ali makolo ake. Kawirikawiri amakhala ndi zosiyana ndi zomwe Dionysus anali bambo ake, ndipo Aphrodite anali mayi. Hera sanakonde Aphrodite ndi kumulanga chifukwa cholephera, adakhudza mimba yake, yomwe inachititsa kuti chiberekero cha mwanayo chiwonjezeke. Atabadwa, atapeza chilema mwa mwanayo, Aphrodite anamusiya ndikumusiya m'nkhalango. Monga mwana wa Dionysus, Priapus ankaonedwa kuti ndi chizindikiro cha mphamvu yamunthu ndi umodzi wa imfa ndi moyo.

Kodi nchiyani chomwe chimadziwika ponena za mulungu wobereka ku Greece wakale?

Nthano zambiri zokhudza Priapus zimagwirizanitsidwa ndi bulu, zomwe pamapeto pake zidakhala nyama yake yopatulika ndi chizindikiro cha chilakolako. Mwachitsanzo, kamodzi mulungu wobereka atapanga mpikisano ndi nyama iyi, ndani mwa iwo ali ndi chiwalo chogonana chotalikitsa. Nthano iyi ili ndi matembenuzidwe awiri, malingana ndi amene anapambana mpikisano. M'kusiyana komwe kunanenedwa kumene Priap inatayika mu nkhondo, iye pomalizira pake anapha bulu, yomwe inakhala chinyama chopatulika ndi imodzi ya magulu a nyenyezi mmwamba. Palinso nthano ina yomwe mulungu wakale wachiGriki wobereka anaganiza kuti agwirire Kumadzulo akugona pa phwando la milungu, koma pa nthawi yovuta kwambiri buluyo analira ndikugwidwa. Kuchokera nthawi imeneyo Priap amadana ndi nyama izi ndipo adaperekedwa nsembe kwa iye.

Poyamba, Priap ankaonedwa kuti ndi Asia Minor mulungu ndipo m'zaka zapitazi adakhala wotchuka ku Greece. Pamodzi ndi chipembedzo cha Aphrodite, kupembedza kwa Priapus kunadutsa ku Italy, komwe adadziwika ndi mulungu wobereka Mutin. Kawirikawiri, iye ankawoneka kuti ndiumulungu wapansi ndipo makamaka amamuchitira ulemu wina. Kawirikawiri ku Greece, mulungu wobereka ankawonetsedwa ngati chowopsya cha mutu wofiira ndi waukulu kwambiri phallus. Patapita nthawi, Priapas anayamba kuonedwa ngati woyang'anira minda ya mpesa, minda ya zipatso, zomera ndi tizilombo. Agiriki ankakhulupirira kuti akhoza kuopseza akuba. Kodi ziwerengerozo zinali za mtengo kapena dothi lophika. Kugawo la Asia Minor kunali miyala yochulukirapo mofanana ndi phallus.

Pogwiritsa ntchito kujambula, mulungu wakale wa kubereka Priap anawonetsedwa ngati munthu wamaliseche. Zovalazo zimagwedeza chovala cholimba. Pafupi nthawi zambiri bulu lofuula linawonetsedwa. Ku Greece, mndandanda wapadera wa ndakatulo wa priapic unapezeka. Zolembedwa zing'onozing'ono za ndakatulo zimenezi zimatchedwa "Priapes". Chipembedzo cha mulungu wobereka chinapitiliza ku Greece kwa nthawi yayitali, ngakhale pambuyo pa kukhazikitsidwa kwa Chikristu, ngakhale kuti tchalitchi chili njira zonse zomwe zingayesere kuziletsa.