I-Olympus yintaba apho oothixo bamaGrike basendulo behlala khona. Kuzo iindonga ezahlukeneyo, ezakhiwe kwaye zihlotswe nguHephaestus. Emnyango kukho amasango avulekileyo kwaye avule ii-ores. Oothixo noothixokazi base- Olympus abafi, kodwa abanamandla onke. Bahlala besona kwaye benza njengabantu abaqhelekileyo.
12 koothixo baseOlimus
Ngokuqhelekileyo, entabeni kukho izinto ezininzi ezihlukeneyo, ngokuqhelekileyo ziyaziwa ngokulandelayo:
- UZeyus ungunkulunkulu obaluleke kakhulu ku-Olympus. Wayengumgcini wezulu, indudumo kunye nombane. Umfazi wakhe nguHera, kodwa nangona kunjalo, wayemkhohlisa ngokuphindaphindiweyo. Bambonisa njengendoda endala enesilevu kunye neenwele. Iimpawu eziphambili zikaZeus yayiyikhuselo kunye nekhono eliphindwe kabini. Intaka yakhe engcwele yayikho ukhozi. AmaGrike ayekholelwa ukuba unamandla okuqikelela ikusasa.
- Hera unkulunkulukazi onamandla kunabo bonke. Babecinga ukuba nguye umlingani womtshato, kwaye wawagcina nabafazi ngexesha lokubeletha. Bamchazela njengowesifazane omhle onentambo okanye i-cuckoo, njengoko ezi ntaka zazithandayo. I-Totemism yayigcinwa kwihlelo likaHera, ngoko abanye babemele ngentloko yehashe.
- U-Apollo ungunkulunkulu welanga e-Olympus. Wayehlala ebonisa ukuzimela, apho wajeziswa nguZeus. Bambonisa njengomfana oselula. Esandleni sakhe kwakukho isaphetha okanye i-lyre. Ifukisele into yokuba wayengumculi obalaseleyo kunye nomqhubi.
- UArtemis unkulunkulukazi wokuzingela. Kwaboniswa ngesaphetha kunye nomkhonto. Ehamba kunye nama-nymphs, wachitha ixesha elininzi kwihlathi. Babecinga ukuba u-Arthemisi naye uyinkulunkulukazi wokuzala.
- UDionysus - unkulunkulu wezityalo kunye nokuphumelela. Wawasindisa abantu kwiingxaki ezahlukeneyo kunye neengxaki. Bambonisa njengentombazana ehamba kunye nomkhonto we-ivy entloko yakhe. Ezandleni zakhe wabamba abasebenzi.
- UHephaestus ungunkulunkulu womlilo kunye nomkhweli womkhandi. Bamchaza njengomntu osisindayo, indoda eneentloko, owayesenxunguba ngexesha elinye. Ngomfanekiso kaHiefestus nomlilo ofihliweyo, ophefumula emathunzini omhlaba. Yingakho bamthiya iVulcan.
- Ares - unkulunkulu wemfazwe yokukhohlisa. Abazali bakhe babecinga uZeus noHera. Wammela njengomfana oselula. Iimpawu zeAres zibhekiselwe ngomkhonto kunye nesibane esitshisayo. Emva koThixo, bekuhlala kusezinja kunye nekiti.
- UAphrodite unkulunkulukazi wobuhle nothando. Bambonisa iimpahla ezinde, kwaye ezandleni zakhe kukho intyatyambo okanye ezinye iziqhamo. Ngokweengcamango, wazalwa ngokuswela i-foam. Bonke oothixo base-Olympus babethandana noAphrodite, kodwa waba ngumfazi kaHephaestus.
- UHermes ngumthunywa woothixo kunye nesikhokelo semiphefumlo eya ephasini. Wayengumntu onobuqili kunye nobutyebi phakathi kwabo bonke abemi baseOlimus. Bamtshengisa ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo, ngoko ke njengendoda, ngoko njengomfana omncinci, kodwa ngeempawu ezingaphenduliyo ziyikhanda ngamaphiko ezithempelini zakhe kunye nabasebenzi ababethintela iinyoka ezimbini.
- U-Athena unkulunkulukazi wemfazwe e-Olympus. Wanika amaGrike umnquma. Bamtshengisa ngeentonga kunye nomkhonto ezandleni zakhe. I-Athene yayithathwa njengendlela yokwenza ubulumko namandla kaZeus, owayenguyise.
- U-Poseidon ungumzalwana kaZeus. Wa lawula ulwandle waza waxhaphaza abalobi. Unkulunkulu wasendulo u- Olympus wayenomfanekiso ofana noZeus. Isibakala sakhe sasiyintlupheko, sibonakalisa uxhumano phakathi kweli xesha, elidlulileyo nelizayo. Xa uguza, ulwandle luqala ukuthukuthela, kwaye xa ludlula, luya kuthoba. Ngolwandle, uhamba enqwelweni egqityiwe ngamahashe amhlophe ngeempahla zegolide.
- UDemeter unkulunkulukazi wobucotho kunye nobomi bonke emhlabeni. Kuye, ukufika kwentwasahlobo kudibene. Bawachaza ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo, umzekelo, kwimifanekiso nemifanekiso eqingqiweyo, wayemele njengentombi yakhe. Wammela kwakhona kwinqwelo. Kwintloko kaDemeter kwakukho "isithsaba sesixeko". Kwezinye iimeko, umfanekiso wesithixo wayimelwe yintsika okanye umthi. Iimpawu zale nkulunkulukazi u-Olympus: iindlebe, ibhasikidi kunye neziqhamo, igale, i-cornucopia kunye ne-poppy.