Amanzi ebantwini kubalulekile, kuba ngaphandle kwawo akunakwenzeka ukuba uphile. Yingakho phantse zonke iinkcubeko zinobuThixo obunobangela wale nto. Abantu bawahlonela, banikela imibingelelo baze bazinike iiholide zabo.
UThixo wamanzi eGrisi
I-Poseidon (Neptune kumaRoma) ungumzalwana kaZeus. Wayebhekwa njengonkulunkulu wobukumkani baselwandle. AmaGrike ayesaba ngaye, kuba bekholelwa ukuba kufuneka ayenze yonke into eguqukayo yomhlaba. Ngokomzekelo, xa inyikima yaqala, uPoseidon wanikelwa ngenjongo yokuwuphelisa. Loo thixo wahlonishwa ngabahamba ngeendlela kunye nabarhwebi. Bamcela ukuba baqinisekise ukuhamba kakuhle nokuphumelela kwintengiso. AmaGrike anikezele kuloo thixo inani elikhulu lamadini kunye namatempileni. Ngozuko lwePoseidon, imidlalo yezemidlalo yayilungelelaniswa, phakathi kwezona zidume kakhulu kwiimidlalo ze-Isthmian - iholide yaseGrike, igujwa minyaka emine.
UThixo wamanzi u-Poseidon ngumntu ophakamileyo ophakathi, enobudoda obude obuqhubekileyo emoyeni. Unayo, njengeZeus, intshebe. Inentloko yakhe yintsimbi eyenziwe ngamanxweme. Ngokwamangqina ezandleni, unkulunkulu wamanzi uPoseidon uphethe i-trident, apho wenza ukuba kuguquke emhlabeni, amagagasi olwandle, njl. Ukongeza, udlala indima ye-harpoon, ebanjwe intlanzi. Ngenxa yoko, uPoseidon wayebizwa ngokuba ngumphathi wabalobi. Ngamanye amaxesha akubonakalwanga nje nge-trident, kodwa kunye nehlengethwa ngakwelinye icala. Loo thixo wamanzi wayevelele ngomoya wakhe oqhwithelayo. Wayedla ngokubonisa ubugwenxa, ukucaphukisa nokunyaniseka. Ukuze aqinisekise isiqhwithi, uPoseidon wayedinga ukukhawuleza phezu kolwandle enqwelweni yakhe yegolide, eyayibanjwe ngamahashe amhlophe kunye neminwe yegolide.
UThixo wamanzi eYiputa
I-Sebek ifakwe kwiluhlu lwabaninzi base-Yiputa base-Yiputa. Ininzi idla ngokubonakaliswa kwimoya yomntu, kodwa ngeentloko zeengwenya. Nangona kukho umfanekiso ongezantsi, xa umzimba unengwenya, kunye nentloko yomntu. Unamacici ezindlebeni zakhe, kunye namacwecwe kwi-paws yakhe. I-hieroglyph yaloo thixo yingwenya kwi-footestal. Kukho inkolelo yokuba kwakukho oothixo bamandulo bamandulo abafudukela omnye komnye ngenxa yokufa kwangaphambili. Nangona umfanekiso onobungozi, abantu abazange babone i-Sebek into engafanelekanga. AmaYiputa ayekholelwa ukuba ukusuka ezinyaweni zale thixo uhamba ngeNayile. Kwakhona wabizwa ngokuba ngumgcini wokuzala. Abalobi nabazingeli babethandaza kuye, bacela ukuba bancede imiphefumlo yabafileyo.