U-Helios ungunkulunkulu welanga kwi-Mythology yamaGrike. Abazali bakhe babeyi-titans Hyperion kunye neFairy. Wayeyithathwa njengonkulunkulu wase-Olimpiki waza wabusa ngaphezu kwabantu nabantu. Ukusuka apho, wayebukele konke kwaye nayiphi na ixesha ndiya kuhlwaya okanye kukukhuthaza. AmaGrike ayedla ngokumbiza ngokuthi "ukubona konke". Ngendlela, abanye oothixo bajika kuye ukuba bafunde iimfihlelo zomnye nomnye. I-Helios ithathwa njengothixo olinganisa ixesha lexesha kwaye ahloniphe iintsuku, iinyanga kunye neminyaka.
Ngubani onyana welanga eGrisi?
Ngokutsho kweengqungquthela, i-Helios ihlala kwicala elingasempuma ye-Ocean kwindlu enkulu, ejikelezwe ngamaxesha amane. Itrone yakhe yenziwe ngamatye anqabileyo. Nsuku zonke uHelios wavusa iqhude, yintaka yakhe engcwele. Emva koko, wahlala enqwelweni yomlilo, ehlanganiselwe ngamahashe amane okuphefumula umlilo, waqala uhambo lwakhe waya esibhakabhakeni, apho wayenendawo ebhotwe. Ebusuku, unkulunkulu wokukhanya nelanga wafika ekhaya elwandle kwindebe yegolide eyenziwe nguHephaestus. Amaxesha amaninzi uHelios kufuneka abuyele kwishedyuli yakhe. Ngolunye usuku uZeus wayala ukuba angashiyi unkulunkulu welanga ukuya kwiintsuku ezintathu. Kwakukho ngeli xesha ubusuku bomtshato bukaZeus no-Alcmene bwenzeka, ngenxa yoko uHephaestus wabonakala khona. Emva kokuba iTrans ixoshwe, bonke oothixo baqala ukwabelana ngamandla kwaye bonke bakhohliwe ngo-Helios. Waqala ukukhononda kuZeus waza wadala elwandle isiqithi saseRhodes, esizinikele kunkulunkulu welanga .
Unqulo lwangaphambili lwamaGrisi elangeni lidla ngokubonakaliswa enqwelweni, kwaye ejikeleze intloko yayimisebe yelanga. Kweminye imithombo, i-Helios imelwe ngokuhlwayelwa ngokukhawuleza ngokutshisa isohlo elibi, kwaye entloko yakhe inesihenqo segolide. Kwizandla zakhe, unqulo lwelanga wayedla ngokubetha. Kwesinye sezithombe zeHelios kukho intombazana enxibe. Ngelinye icala unayo ibhola, kwaye kwelinye uphondo lwento eninzi. Ngokweengcamango ezikhoyo, u-Helios wayenamaninzi amaninzi. Omnye wabantombazana abafayo waba ngu-heliotrope, iintyatyambo ezazihlala zijika, zilandela ukuhamba kwelanga. Enye inkosikazi yajika yaba yiqhumiso. Ziyizityalo eziye zazingcweliswa njengezingcwele kumaHelios. Ngokumalunga nezilwanyana, ngokuba unkulunkulu welanga kwi-Ancient Greece ibaluleke kakhulu yiyona i-rooster kunye ne nut.
I-Helios yamaLwandle - i-Oceanic yasePersi, eyayizala ngasempumalanga kuye unyana owayengukumkani waseColchis, kwaye ecaleni lasentshonalanga wamnika intombi kwaye wayeyindoda enamandla. Ngokolwazi olukhoyo, uHelios wayenomnye umfazi kaRod, oyintombi kaPoseidon. Iingcamango zisitshela ukuba u-Helios uyinyeliso esoloko esinika iimfihlelo zabanye oothixo. Ngokomzekelo, watshela uHephaestus ngokungcatsha kuka-Aphrodite kunye no-Adonis. Yingakho unkulunkulu welanga kwiimbali zamandulo zamaGrike zazizithiywe nguThixokazi wothando. U-Helios wayeneenkomo ezisixhenxe zeenkomo ezingamashumi amahlanu kunye neegusha ezininzi. Abazange bazalise, kodwa babehlala beselula baze baphile ngonaphakade. Ilanga unqwenela ukuchitha ixesha elibukeleyo.
EGrisi, kwakungekho amathempeli anele anikezelwe kwiIlios, kodwa kwakukho imifanekiso emininzi. Eyona nto ikhethwa yiyo iColossus yaseRhodes, eyayicingwa njengenye yezimanga zehlabathi. Lo mfanekiso wenziwe nge-alloy yobhedu neyinyithi, kwaye ufumaneka ekungeneni kwechweba laseRhodes. Ngendlela, ukuphakama kwalo kufinyelela malunga nemitha engama-35. Kwizandla uothixo wayebambe isibane esitshisa kwaye senza indima yebhakoni.
Wayebandakanyeka ekwakhiweni iminyaka engama-12, kodwa ekugqibeleni wawa ngexesha leenyikima. Kwathi emva kweminyaka engama-50 emva kokugqitywa kokwakhiwa. Inkolo yamaGrike yamaHelios yamkelwe ngamaRoma, kodwa ayengabonakali kakhulu kwaye ayasazeka.