Abantu abaningi kwakudingeka bazwe ngalesi sidalwa esingumsomi. Igama elilodwa lihlotshaniswa nento engathandekayo futhi esesabisayo. Yini ekhuluma ngesidalwa esinjalo njengezinkolelo ze-Echidna zaseGrisi, futhi kungani i-monster e-Echidna ingenye yeziphakamiso ezithandwa kakhulu ukuthola.
I-Echidna emlandweni wesiGreki
Ezimfundisweni zasendulo zamaGrisi, isidalwa esiyinganekwane u-Echidna sino-half-woman-half-woman-woman. Wahlala phansi futhi wayeyindodakazi kaForkia noKeto. Kodwa-ke, kunolwazi lokuthi uyindodakazi kaSty and Perantha, noma indodakazi yePhanet. Ngaphezu kwalokho, wayengudade nomkakhe uTyphon, kanye nonina wezinja ezimbili eziyinhloko i-Orff kanye neKerber enezinhloko ezintathu. U-Pindar uthi u-Echidna uvele esibelethweni sikanina. Ukuqhathanisa kwakhe okuyisisekelo kuTiberius, owathi uma eqhathaniswa neGai Caligula enonya.
U-Echidna ubonakala kanjani?
Mayelana nokubukeka kwesidalwa esinjalo njengezingane zesi-echidna zisho ngokungaqondile. I-Echidna i-half-caste ngesimo sowesifazane onobuso obuhle. It ngokwalo ubuhle obuhlanganisiwe nobuningi obuyingozi. Ngokuvamile, wayebizwa ngokuthi uneminyaka eyikhulu futhi watshelwa ukuthi wabamba kanjani abahambi. Izinganekwane ezihlukahlukene zisho ukuthi u-Echidna wabulawa kanjani:
- I-Hercules;
- I-Bellerophon;
- I-Oedipus;
- e-Argus eboshiwe iphupho.
U-Echidna no-Hercules
Izinganekwane zithi i-echidna yesiGreki evela kuHercules yazala amadodana amathathu, ayehloswe ukuba abe okhokho bezizwe zamaSkithe. UmSkithiya ungomunye wamadodana anjalo, ngoba wakwazi ukufeza intando kayise futhi washaya umnsalo wakhe wabhinca ibhande lakhe. Wayehloswe ukuba abe umbusi wombuso weScythian. Izinkolelo eziningi zitshela ukuthi i-echidna ngesikhathi sokulala yabulawa yi-giant Argos eyikhulu. Izindabakwane zakudala zesiGreki mayelana no-Echidna zakha isisekelo sezinkolelo zesikhathi esidlule mayelana nokuphila okuyisimanga kakhulu kunabo bonke abakhona.
I-Biblical Echidna
Umqondo onjengesizukulwane se-echidna eBhayibhelini ungatholakali ngaphezu kwezikhathi ezine. Izikhathi ezintathu ezishiwo eVangelini likaMathewu kanye kanye eVangelini likaLuka. Kuyaziwa ukuthi okokuqala leli gama lisetshenziswe nguJohane uMbhapathizi ngokuqondene nabaFarisi. Abanye abacwaningi babeqiniseka ukuthi ezikhathini ezichazwe iVangeli ngaphansi kwale nkulumo abantu baqonda izinyoka ngemva kokulumba. Izilwane eziningi azifaki isikhumba sabo esidala kaningi ngaphezu konyaka. Kwezinye zazo, lesi sikhumba sifana nomuntu ofile.
Kukhona inguqulo mayelana nokuthi abantu basendulo babecabanga ukuthi empeleni i-cub ikhula phakathi komama futhi ekugcineni izalwa. Ngakho-ke, kungacatshangwa ukuthi isikhumba sishiya ngemuva kokuba inqubo yokusika imama ifile, futhi izidalwa ezivela ezikhulayo ngemuva kokuba isikhumba sishiywe yilezi zinzalo, umntwana. Kungacatshangwa ukuthi kumuntu wasendulo umqondo wokuthi "umkhiqizo we-Echidna" awuyona into nje "yokuzibulala."
Izinganekwane ze-Yechida
I-Echidna emlandweni u-Titanide, owazalwa enyunyeni yamatriki amabili. Akazange abe nombukiso omuhle kuphela, kepha wayehlakaniphile kakhulu. Nomaphi lapho u-Echidna ongeyingqikithi engabonakali khona, izilwane zazihamba naye yonke indawo. Kodwa-ke, kwakukhona labo abamthanda ngobuqotho. Phakathi kwabo - uHera. Lapho unkulunkulukazi ebuza u-Argus ukuba ayoba amandla akhe omlingo, kepha lapho efika e-Echidna ngalobobusuku, wamthanda. Wayefisa ukuthi othandekayo wakhe usezulwini phakathi konkulunkulu, kodwa lapho umgwaqo wavuleka kuphela ntambama. U-Argus weza e-Echidna ekuseni, kodwa ngalesi sikhathi wayengakwazi ukubona ukukhanya kwamehlo akhe ngenxa yelanga, futhi wahamba.
U-Hera waqala ukubuza uZeyus ukuba aqhube u-Echidna ezweni eliphilayo, ngoba wayesaba ukuhlasela i-Argus. Ngenxa yalokho, unkulunkulu oyinhloko wayala u-titan ngokwakhe ukuba athathe u-Echidna emhumeni lapho izilo nezidonshi zazihlala khona. Lapho evuka, wabona ukuthi imilenze yakhe yaphenduka umsila wenyoka, futhi ubuso bakhe kuphela buhlala, njengaphambi kokuhle. Ngakho ingxenye eyodwa yaphefumulela ukwesaba, kanti enye, njengangaphambili, yahlala ihle.