Olympus igomo apo vanamwari vekare vechiGiriki vaigara. Pariri pane dzimba dzakasiyana-siyana, dzakavakwa uye dzakashongedzwa naHephaestus. Pamukova pane masuo ari pedyo nekuzarura maori. Vamwari navamwarikadzi veOlympasi havafi, asi havasi vose vane simba. Vanowanzoita chivi uye vanoita sevanhuwo zvavo.
12 yevanamwari veOlympus
Nenzira yakawanda, pagomo kune mhando dzakasiyana-siyana, zvinowanzozivikanwa zvinotevera:
- Zeus ndiye mwari anokosha kupfuura ose weOlympus. Akanga ari mutariri wekudenga, kutinhira nemheni. Mudzimai wake aiva Hera, asi pasinei neizvi, akaramba achinyengedza paari. Vaimuratidza semurume akwegura ane bvudzi bvudzi nemvere. Maitiro makuru eZeus akanga ari nhovo uye nheyo mbiri. Hondo yake tsvene yaive gondo. VaGiriki vaitenda kuti aive nesimba rekufanotaura remangwana.
- Hera ndiye mwarikadzi ane simba zvikuru. Vaifunga kuti iye ndiye mutongi wekuroora, uyewo akarinda vakadzi munguva yekuberekwa. Vaimuratidza semukadzi akanaka ane pekoko kana cuckoo, sezvo shiri idzi dzaive dzaaida. Totemism yakachengetedzwa muchitendero cheHera, saka vamwe vaiimiririra nemusoro webhiza.
- Apollo ndiye mwari wezuva paOlympus. Akaratidza rusununguko, iyo yaakarangwa naZeus. Vakamufananidzira sejaya rakanaka. Mumaoko ake kwakanga kune uta kana lyre. Yakaratidza chokwadi chokuti akanga ari muimbi akakurumbira uye shooter.
- Artemis ndiye mwarikadzi wekuvhima. Yakaratidzwa neuta uye nepfumo. Achienderedzwa nenyuchi, akapedza nguva yakawanda yenguva yake mudondo. Vaifunga kuti Aritemi ndiyewo mwarikadzi wekubereka.
- Dionysus - mwari wezvinomera uye kukunda. Akaponesa vanhu kubva mumatambudziko akasiyana-siyana uye kunetseka. Vakamufananidza semukomana asina kupfeka ane ruvara rwebhu pamusoro wake. Ari mumaoko ake aibata tsvimbo.
- Hephaestus ndiye mwari wemoto uye mushandi wemhizha. Vakamufananidza somunhu akaremara, murume ane ndebvu, uyo aive achinyunyuta panguva imwe chete. Mumufananidzo weHephaestus moto unofananidzwa nemunhu, unofema kubva mumatumbo epasi. Ndokusaka vakamutumidza Vulcan.
- Ares - mwari wehondo inonyengera. Vabereki vake vaifunga Zeusi naHera. Akamufananidzira sejaya. Unhu hweAres hunofungidzirwa nepfumo uye chitsva chinopisa. Pedyo naMwari, kwaive nguva dzose imbwa uye kite.
- Aphrodite ndiye mwarikadzi wekunaka uye rudo. Vakamufananidza mune nguo refu, uye mumaoko ake pane maruva kana zvimwe zvibereko. Maererano nenhema, iye akaberekwa achibva kune gungwa rine mvere. Vose vanamwari veOlympus vaifarira Aphrodite, asi akava mudzimai waHephaestus.
- Hemesi ndiye mutumwa wevanamwari uye mutungamiri wemweya kuenda kune vakafa. Aive akangwara uye asina chinangwa pakati pevagari vose veOlympus. Vakamufananidza nenzira dzakasiyana, saka semunhu, zvino semukomana wechidiki, asi nemafungiro asingashanduriki aiva nehope ine mapapiro pamatemberi ake uye mushandi wakanyengedza nyoka mbiri.
- Athena ndiye mwarikadzi wehondo paOlympus. Akapa vaGiriki muorivhi. Vaimuratidza muzvombo uye nepfumo mumaoko ake. Athene yaionekwa semufananidzo wehuchenjeri nesimba reZeus, uyo aiva baba vake.
- Poseidon ndiye munin'ina waZeus. Akatonga gungwa uye akasimbisa vabati vehove. Uyu mwari wekare Olympus aiva nechitarisiko chakafanana neZeus. Chimiro chake chakanga chiri chetatu, chichifananidzira kuwirirana pakati pezvino, nguva yakapfuura uye yemberi. Paanoshambadza, gungwa rinotanga kutsamwa, uye kana richitambanudza, rinoderedza. Negungwa, anofamba pangoro yakaunganidzwa nemabhiza machena ane manes endarama.
- Dhemeter ndiye mwarikadzi wekubudirira uye hupenyu hwose pasi pano. Naiye, kuuya kwechechi kunosanganiswa. Vakaritsanangura nenzira dzakasiyana, somuenzaniso, mune mamwe mifananidzo nemifananidzo, akafananidzirwa sekuchema musikana wake. Akamusimudza iyewo ari mungoro. Pamusoro weDhemeter pane "guta korona". Mune zvimwe zviitiko, mufananidzo wemwarikadzi waimiririrwa neshongwe kana muti. Unhu hwemwarikadzi uyu Olympus: nzeve, tswanda nemichero, jeko, cornucopia uye poppy.