Jupiter unkulunkulu wezulu eRoma lasendulo. Kwakhona wayengumgcini wemini kunye neendudumo. AmaRoma amjonga njengoyise wabanye oothixo. Ngokomgaqo, yayihambelana nomnumzana ongumGrike uZeus, kodwa wayevelele ngokuqatha okukhulu. Abantu bakholelwa ukuba i-Jupiter ikhusela iRoma kuninzi, ngoko itempile yayo eyintloko yayiseKapitol Hill. Ezinye iidolophu nazo zazakhela iithempelesi zale bhixo.
Yintoni eyaziwa ngoothixo waseRoma lasendulo nguJupiter?
Uyise walo thixo nguSaturn, kwaye unina ngu-Ops. UJupiter wayeyinhloko yabanye oothixo abacebisi kuye. Izigqibo zomphathi oyintloko emhlabeni owenziwe ngoAgasti. Musa ukwesaba ukuphula intando ka-Jupiter kuphelakazikazi wexesha elizayo lepaki. AmaGrike ayemjonga njengongumphathi wabamlawuli, ngoko ke zonke iziganeko zombuso ezibalulekileyo zenzeka kwicawa-dolophu. Ukubonakala kweJupiter kwachazwa ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo. Bamtshengisa njengendoda endala ekhumbule eyayifana noZeus kunye nomfana omncinci onenwele. Kwakunjalo ukuba wayehleli esihlalweni sobukhosi, esasihamba ngomkhumbi. Unxibe kwiindawo ezixutywayo zengxaki. Ngelinye icala ubeka iintolo zomlilo okanye intonga, kwaye kwelinye kukho umfanekiso kaNicky. Eceleni kwesihlalo sobukhozi ukhozi, olubonisa amandla kaThixo.
Unkulunkulu ongumRoma uJupiter wadibanisa imisebenzi emininzi. Ngokomzekelo, wayebhekwa njengomgcini wezolimo kunye ne-viticulture. Wayekhusela inkululeko kunye nemida, kwaye wambiza ngokuba nguThixo onamandla wokulwa. Ekubeni wayebhekwa njengobuthixo wasezulwini, wazinikezelwa kwenyanga epheleleyo ngenyanga. Ngeli xesha, amaRoma ayibingelela imvu emhlophe. Njengoko sele kuthethwe ngaye, iJupiter iyinkosi yeendudumo zeendudumo nezindwangu. Kwakunokuduma kwelokuba uThixo wabonakalisa intando yakhe. Oku kunokwenziwa nokhozi, inyoni ezinikele kuJupiter. Indawo apho yafika khona, umbane owawuqala, waba ngcwele. AmaRoma amcela ukuba ayenze imvula yokuchumisa umhlaba kunye nokuvunwa okuhle. Ukubulela uThixo, abantu babanjwe imikhosi emininzi: ngaphambi kokuhlwayela, emva kokuvuna kunye ngexesha lokuvuna. Into ebalulekileyo kunqoba ekuzukeleni uothixo we-Jupiter imfazwe ibonwa njengoluyisa. Ngaloo xesha, umlawuli-mkhosi wafika eRoma. Iholide ezinjalo zinokuhlala iintsuku eziliqela. Uothixo ngokwakhe akazange akhwele umlawuli, amajoni ayecula ngeengoma ezahlukahlukeneyo ezihlekisayo, ngaloo ndlela ekhomba kwindawo yakhe. Abaphumeleleyo ngokuqinisekileyo bazisa izipho ezivulekile ethempelini likaNdikhoyo.
Unkulunkulu ongumGrike uJupiter wayebona konke kwaye akukho mntu unokufihla into kuye. Wayenxulumene nokuthembeka kwesifungo. Ngako oko inkulumo ethi "Ndifungela nguJupiter". Isifungo esinjalo sanikwa kuphela kwimibandela ebalulekileyo, kwaye abo abaphulaphulayo babekulindeleke ukuba bafe. Ukuxhomekeke kule thixo kuyinto enjalo njengento yokukhwela - ukuqwalasela ngokuhamba kweentaka. AmaRoma akholelwa ukuba iJupiter ibone ikusasa kwaye inika imiyalezo eyahlukeneyo. Ngaphambi kwayo yonke into ebalulekileyo,
Ngozuko loothixo waseRoma wasendulo uJupiter, amaxesha amabini ngonyaka, imidlalo yaseCapitol yayibanjwe. AmaRoma aphumelela kwimidlalo eyahlukeneyo. Babecinga ukuba lo thixo unqabileyo lwabathandwa. Akukho mtshato owenziwe ngaphandle kwesifungo sokuthobela lo thixo. Ngexesha leeholide lokuvuna, amaRoma amdumisa unqulo aze ambulele ngokuvuna. Ukongeza, bazinike izipho kwaye bamenywa etafileni yabampofu kunye namakhoboka, kwaye oku kubonisa ukuba bonke balingana noJupiter. Ngokuphathelele ubomi bakhe, umfazi waloo thixo nguHera, kodwa oku akuzange kumvimbele ukuba aqale ukunyuka kunye nabanye oothixo kunye nokuzibulala.