Phakathi neminyaka edlule, ikati kuye kwadingeka linqobe izinkinga eziningi ukuze liphile futhi lifinyelele ezinsukwini zethu, ikakhulukazi phakathi nesikhathi Inkathi Ephakathi, lapho kukholakala ukuthi nguye ophethe i isifo se-bubonicPhakathi naleyo minyaka, wazingelwa futhi washiswa esigxotsheni, into ngokungangabazeki eyayiyobethusa abaseGibhithe lasendulo.
Babesikhonze lesi silwane, ngokwezwi nezwi. Ukumlimaza kwakubhekwa njengecala. Babemthanda kakhulu kangangokuthi bakholelwa ukuthi ungunkulunkulu, noma kunalokho, unkulunkulukazi . Babiza unkulunkulukazi Bastet.
UBastet wayengunkulunkulukazi owayemelwe ngesimo sekati elifuywayo, noma njengowesifazane onenhloko yekati ehambisana nensimbi yomculo eyaziwa njenge-sistrum, njengoba ethanda ukujabulisa abantu ngomculo wakhe. Ngakho-ke, kufanekisela injabulo yokuphila. Kepha hhayi lokho kuphela, kepha bekukholelwa ukuthi ivikela abesifazane abakhulelwe kanye nezinsana ezifweni.
Nakuba ayengunkulunkulukazi onokuthula, lapho ethukuthela washintsha waba owesifazane onekhanda lengonyamakazi, waba nobudlova kakhulu. Ngakho, njengesilwane se-totem asimele, kungalindeleka, ukwazi ukukhombisa ithenda noma ulaka nganoma yisiphi isikhathi.
Inkolo yakhe ihlehlela emuva ezikhathini zasendulo zempucuko yasendulo, okungukuthi, iminyaka eyinkulungwane edluleIdolobha lasendulo laseBubastis (namuhla iZagazig, eliseMfuleni iNayile) lalinikezelwe ekukhulekeleni kwakhe. Amathempeli akhiwa ukumhlonipha, futhi kwavuselelwa amakati okuthi, lapho sekufile, agcotshwe ngokucophelela bese engcwatshwa emathuneni athile..
AbaseGibhithe lasendulo babewathanda amakati, kangangokuthi, ngokusho kwenganekwane, bazinikela kumaPheresiya lapho bebambe amakati phambi kwezihlangu zabo, ngoba amaPheresiya ayazi ukuthi abaseGibhithe bakhetha ukuzinikela kunokulimaza lezi zilwane.
Ngifisa sengathi ngabe akwenzekanga yashintsha kakhulu kusuka lapho..
Wayengubani uBastet futhi wayefanekiselani?
Nakuba enomusa futhi enemikhosi, umlingisi wakhe wayene- isici esikabili: Angase abe ibhubesikazi enze njengaye umphindiseli lapho ecasukile, isici esimhlobanisa noSekhmet. Lokhu kulinganisela phakathi kobumnandi nolaka kuchaza izihloko ezinjengokuthi “Lady of Terror” y “Inkosikazi Yesibhicongo”, ekhumbula ukuthi amandla afanayo akhathalelayo angajezisa. Kwezobuciko kungavela futhi amakati ezinyaweni zakhe, eqokomisa ukuxhumana kwayo nokuba ngumama.
Ihlotshaniswa ne Mau (ikati laphezulu elixhunywe ku-Ra) kanye nobunkulunkulu basendulo be-feline UMafdet, azuza kuye indima yokuba umvikeli wabamsulwa. Umbuthano womndeni wakhe uhlanganisa UMahes, unkulunkulu wengonyama ovikelayo, nokuxhumana ne I-Nefertum, inkosi yamakha, okuqinisa ubukhulu bakhe ukugcoba nokunakekelwa.
I-Iconography, izimfanelo kanye negama
Yayimelwe njenge ikati noma njengoba owesifazane onekhanda lensikazi, ethwala i ankh (isiphambano sempilo) futhi ngokuvamile a i-sistrum, insimbi enomsindo owajabulisa unkulunkulukazi futhi yabiza umculo nomdanso. Ingakwazi futhi ukuthwala aegis, amacici nemigexo emikhulu, kanye nomncane ibhokisi likabhasikidi elenga engalweni. Kulesi sithombe, i-Bastet ihlanganisa ukuvikelwa, injabulo namandla okupholisa isigqi namakha.
Igama layo lihlobene nebhodlela le amafutha "bas"., ukuze u-“Bast” noma “Bastet” aqondwe njenge “ophethe imbiza yamafutha”, kubhekiselwa ku amafutha okuzivikela umsebenzi we- ukuphilisaLokhu kufunda kuqiniswa ukuxhumana kwayo ne I-NefertumEkuhunyushweni kwe-Hellenized, kwakuxhunyaniswa ne Artemis futhi nge Isis, futhi ababhali abathile bayixhuma ne- Sirius inkanyezi kanye nonkulunkulu baseMesophothamiya Inanna, ukubonakaliswa kodumo nobubanzi bayo obungokomfanekiso.
Ukukhulekela, amathempeli nemikhosi
Ukugxila okukhulu kokuhlonishwa kwakuphakathi I-Bubastis, lapho ithempeli lawo laligqame phakathi kwawo izihlahla nemisele ngokwababhali basendulo. Imikhosi yayiqhutshwa ngase-Bastet umculo, iwayini y ukudansa —eyaziwa ngokuthi “imibuthano yokudakwa”—okuhloswe ngayo sicela futhi ukhululeke kunkulunkulukazi ukuze alondoloze isici sakhe esizuzisayo. Kwakuvamile ukunikela iwayini noma ubhiya obudaywe ngamasiko axhumene ne-Eye of Ra, futhi wasakazwa iziphandla zezilwane kanye nezithombe ezincane zokuzinikela.
Inkolo yakhe yakhiqizwa ikati necropolis, njengoba kwakucatshangelwa lezi zilwane ukubonakaliswa okuphilayo kankulunkulukazi. Lapho befa, bangcwatshwa ngokukhuluphala ukunakekelwa futhi bangcwatshwa ezindaweni ezinikezelwe I-Bubastis, Saqqara, I-Tanis, Beni Hassan y I-TebasUkuba khona kwala mathuna ezilwane kukhuluma nge uthando kanye nenhlonipho engokwenkolo abayivusa.
Izindaba kanye nezinganekwane ezixhunywe ku-Bastet
Imibhalo yezenkolo njenge Imibhalo Yemibhoshongo futhi okuqanjwe kamuva kuqinisa ubunjalo bayo obumbaxambili be umama ovikelayo y umphindiseliEzibhalweni zezokwelapha, omunye wacelwa ukuthi “indodana kaBastet"ukuhlala uphephile ezifweni eziwumshayabhuqe, uqinisa indima yabo umelaphi futhi niqaphele ukugula.
Ezincwadini, isiqephu se Setna and Taboubu ubonisa uBastet—noma umuntu ohlobene nobupristi bakhe— ukuzidla okujezisayo kanye nokucekelwa phansi ngokusebenzisa a isifundo sokuziphatha lokho kuhlazisa umenzi wesono futhi kumbuyisele ekuhlonipheni abafileyo. Unkulunkulukazi lapha ubonisa ubuso bakhe Justicia kanye nokulungiswa kokuphazamiseka.
Enye inganekwane ecashunwe kabanzi isitshela ukuthi a Ujenene wasePheresiya, eqaphela uthando lwaseGibhithe lwamakati, waqhubekela phambili nalezi zilwane ehola amabutho akhe. AbaseGibhithe, ukuze bangakwenzi ukulimaza izinyamazane futhi bengamcasuli u-Bastet, bagwema ukulwa, okugcizelela amandla angokomfanekiso likankulunkulukazi nezidalwa zakhe.
Amakati nempilo yansuku zonke eGibhithe
Amakati ayengabangane abavamile basekhaya. Igama le-onomatopoeic “miu” waqoka ikati, namagama afana nalokhu Tamit zazivamile. Ezigcawini zomngcwabo zimelelwa kanye nabanikazi bazo emisebenzini yansuku zonke, efakazela ukuthi yabo ukuhlanganiswa kwasekhaya kanye nosizo lwawo emagundeni, izinyoka nawofezela.
Ku-ostraca kanye ne-satirical papyri ye Deir el-Medina ukuvela amakati ezigcawini ezivukela umbuso nezihlekisayo, ngisho ne amagundane ukuhlehlisa ukulandelana kwezigaba. Kwezinye izethulo, ikati lisiza inkosi yalo ku caza okwenza izinyoni zindize, isenzo esiphinde sibhekisele ekubuyiselweni kwezinyoni umlingani (i-cosmic order). Inganekwane "Ikati Elikhulu Le-Heliopolis" uyabhubhisa I-Aphophis, inyoka yesiphithiphithi, evusa uBastet njengo umngane wokukhanya.
Umfanekiso we-Bastet uhlanganisa ndawonye ukunakekelwa, injabulo y amandla ku-archetype efanayo: umculo namakha aduduzayo, izinzipho ezivikelayo, nothando lwamakati ashayela ubuciko, amasiko, nempilo yansuku zonke. Lobu bunye—bumnene futhi bunonya—buchaza ukuthi kungani ihlelo labo lachuma amakhulu eminyaka nokuthi kungani igama labo liqhubeka livusa amadlingozi. ukuvikelwa y Ngikufisela inhlanhla lapho ikati lihlala liqondile, lilalele futhi lingcwele.
