Madzi kwa munthu ndi ofunika, chifukwa popanda izo sikungatheke kukhala ndi moyo. Ndichifukwa chake pafupifupi chikhalidwe chilichonse chinali ndi mulungu wokhazikika pa izi. Anthu ankawalemekeza, kupereka nsembe ndi kupereka maholide awo.
Mulungu wa madzi ku Greece
Poseidon (Neptune mu Aroma) ndi m'bale wa Zeus. Ankaonedwa ngati mulungu wa ufumu wa nyanja. Agiriki anali kumuopa, chifukwa ankakhulupirira kuti akugwirizana ndi kusinthasintha kwa nthaka. Mwachitsanzo, pamene chivomerezi chinayamba, Poseidon adaperekedwa nsembe kuti amalize. Mulungu uyu anali wolemekezeka ndi oyendetsa sitima ndi amalonda. Anamupempha kuti awonetsetse kuyenda bwino ndi ntchitoyi. Agiriki odzipatulira kwa mulungu uyu ali ndi maguwa ambiri ndi ma kachisi. Polemekeza Poseidon, masewera a masewera adakonzedwa, mwa omwe otchuka kwambiri ndi Masewera a Isthmian - maholide achigiriki, okondwerera zaka zinayi.
Mulungu wa madzi Poseidon ndi wamkulu pakati-mwamuna wachikulire amene ali ndi tsitsi lalitali likuwombera mphepo. Ali ndi ndevu, monga Zeus. Pamutu pake muli nsonga yopangidwa ndi nsomba zam'madzi. Malinga ndi nthano zomwe zili m'manja, mulungu wa madzi Poseidon ali ndi trident, zomwe adayambitsa kusinthasintha padziko, mafunde m'nyanja, ndi zina zotero. Kuphatikiza apo, amachitanso mbali ya nsomba, zomwe zimagwidwa ndi nsomba. Chifukwa cha ichi, Poseidon nayenso ankatchedwa oyang'anira asodzi. Nthawi zina izo sizinkawonetsedweratu ndi katatu, komanso ndi dolphin. Mulungu wamadziyu anali wosiyana ndi chiwawa chake. Nthawi zambiri ankasonyeza kuti anali wankhanza, wokwiya komanso wosatsutsika. Pofuna kutsimikizira mphepo yamkuntho, Poseidon anafunika kungoyenda panyanja pangolo yake ya golidi, yomwe inkagwedezedwa ndi akavalo oyera ndi manesiti agolidi.
Mulungu wa madzi ku Igupto
Chigoba chikuphatikizidwa mu mndandanda wa milungu yakale kwambiri ya Aiguputo. Kawirikawiri izo zimawonekera mu mawonekedwe aumunthu, koma ndi mutu wa ng'ona. Ngakhale pali chithunzi chosiyana, pamene thupi ndi ng'ona, komanso mutu wa munthu. Ali ndi makutu m'makutu ake, ndi zibangili pamapiko ake. Mbalame yamulungu ya mulungu uyu ndi ng'ona pamtengo wapatali. Pali lingaliro lakuti panali milungu yambiri yamakedzana yamadzi yomwe inalowetsana wina ndi mzake chifukwa cha imfa ya yomwe yapita. Ngakhale kuti anali ndi chithunzi choipa, anthu sankaganiza kuti Sebek ndi khalidwe loipa. Aigupto adakhulupirira kuti kuchokera kumapazi a mulungu uyu akuyenda mumtsinje wa Nailo. Anatchedwanso wotetezera kubereka. Asodzi ndi alenje anapemphera kwa iye, ndipo anapempha kuti athandize miyoyo ya akufa.