Ubomi bethu bunxulumene nenkcubeko yamandulo kakhulu kunokuba ibonakale. Amagama oothixo bamandulo atholakala ngamagama eenkampani, kwiimpawu ze-neon, kwiifilimu, njl. Xa sibona igama elihle, sisoloko singayiqondi into esemva kwayo, yintoni edibene nayo. Imbali yasendulo kufuneka yaziwe ukuze iphephe iimpazamo ezingenangqondo, ezifakazela ukungakwazi.
Ngubani u Astarte?
U-Astarte unkulunkulukazi oye wanqulwa kuzo zonke iindawo zakudala. Ukuqala kokukhankanywa kwalo kubonakale kwindawo yokuhlala kwimiphakathi yaseMesopotamia. Kwafuzisela:
- bhinqa;
- umama;
- ubuhle;
- uthando;
- ukuzala.
Uthikazikazi u-Astarta wayengowesifazane oyintloko kwi-gods of gods, wayebhekwa njengengxaki yokulwa kunye nonkulunkulukazi-umphili. Kodwa ke yayibizwa kuphela kwiGrisi yamandulo. Kwakhona kwabizwa ngokuba:
- EMpuma - Ishtar ;
- eRashiya - Lada;
- eScandinavia - Freyja;
- abemi beBhabheli - uAna;
- amaRoma - Venus.
Abantu baseFenike abangamanye amazwe basasaza unqulo loothixokazi kuwo wonke umntla we-Afrika kunye neMeditera. Abadala babenengqondo yabo "yobungcwele", ngoko i-Astarte yecawa yayingcwele "kwiindawo ezingcwele" kunye nobuhenyu obuye bukhula kwiintempile zayo. Wayenqulwa njengonkulunkulukazi wokuzingela, imfazwe, umama kunye nokuhlala ebonakaliswa:
- behamba ngeenkunzi zeempondo entloko, bexhapha ngehashe kunye nokudubula kwisaphetha;
- ngeemisila zeenyoka endaweni yemilenze kwiBandulo yaseKabbala.
Isimboli se-Astarte
Kuzo zonke izizwana ezazimnqula, uAsarta - unkulunkulukazi wasentwasahlobo wayengunkulunkulukazi weemini kunye neenkwenkwezi zakusihlwa. Unobumba abaninzi, kodwa eziphambili zi:
- Ienkwenkwezi ezikhomba, ezifana neziphambano ezimbini. Ifuzisela ubunye behlabathi kunye nezinto zezinto zokomoya, kunye nemizila yesibhozo inxulumene nobuncinane. Inkwenkwezi enjalo ibonakala kwiimpawu zoMama kaThixo.
- Umnqamlezo, isiphelo esiphambili kunye nenqanaba. Uyaziwa ngokuba ngumnqamlezo weCoptic okanye u-Ankh kwaye ubeka ubomi obungunaphakade.
Astarta - Mythology
Ngokweziganeko eziseleyo, lo mthikazi wayenguNtombi kaRa waza wanceda oothixo basebenzisana noothixo onamandla olwandle. UYam wanquma ukuba wayephethe kwaye wambesa abanye oothixo ngeentlawulo ezinkulu. Ukudibanisa, bethintela uAsararte ukuba bamnxuse unkulunkulu wolwandle, bamkholise ukuba ahlasele umvuzo. Ekubeni u-Astarte - unkulunkulukazi wothando kunye nokuzala kwakungowona mhle kunene, wathandana noMama owonayo, waza wacima isigqibo sakhe.
Demon Astarte
Indima yodadekazi uIshtar kwiimbali zatshintshile ngokuhamba kwexesha. Kwiincwadi zakudala zaseYiputa, wazala igama elithi Ashtaroth kwaye wayengumfazi kaSeti, ebonisa umntu omdala kunye nenkxaso yendoda kuyo yonke into. Kodwa sele sele e-epic malunga neGilgamesh, uyakhohlisa umlingisi oyintloko, ebonisa ukunyaniseka nokungathembeki. Ukudemonwa komfanekiso wodadekazi ngokugcwele amaYuda. Ngaphambi kokubunjwa kobuYuda, unkulunkulukazi u-Astarta wayengumfazi oyintlokokazi wesifazane. Kodwa le nqulo yamemezela imfazwe enobuqhetseba kubo bonke oothixo bamandulo kunye namacawa. IBhayibhile iye yaletha kwiintsuku zethu ukukhankanywa kokunqula kukaAstarte, uKumkani uSolomon, apho wajeziswa khona.
Kwakukholelwa ukuba uAsparte no-Astaroth, iidemon eziphakamileyo zeesihogo, bebatshatileyo. Yaye unkulunkulukazi wothando waqala ukuzenza umntu:
- ukunyaniseka;
- ukukhanukela okungalawulwayo;
- ubuqhophokazi;
- ukukhohlisa.
Astarte noBhahali
Ininzi yazo yonke i-Astarte yayikunqulwa ngabantu baseFenike-abantu abaninzi basendulo. Ngendlela yokuphila ngokunyakaza, basasaza inkolo yabo ngaphaya kwemida yeli lizwe - ukusuka eMeditera, e-Afrika ukuya eBrithani. Ngokutsho kweenkolelo zabo, unkulunkulukazi u-Ishtar wayengumfazi kaBali, ngubani owonkulunkulu bobukhulu belizwe lonke.
Ekuqaleni, inkolo ka-Astarte noBhahali yanikela ngemihlatshelo ehlanganiswa neziqhamo kunye nenxalenye yokuvuna. Kodwa sele iFenike, eyasungula iCarthage, yakha iindawo ezingcwele, apho:
- watshisa iintsana ezisanda kuzalwa;
- babingelela onke amazibulo ezilwanyana zasekhaya;
- wahlela amanyathelo angabonakaliyo, apho bonke abemi besi sixeko bathatha inxaxheba;
- babingelela.