Imvula ye-Perseid meteor, eyaziwa nangokuthi i-Tears of Saint Lawrence, iyisenzakalo esenzeka lapho uMhlaba udlula emfucumfucwini eshiywe ngumsila we-comet.
Kodwa ngaphezu kwesici sesayensi, amaPerseid anohlangothi lwawo lwezinganekwane; imvelaphi yawo isemasikweni amaGreki namaKatolika.
Ayini ama-perseids?
Ngezikhathi ezithile, ukujikeleza koMhlaba uzungeze iLanga kubangela ukuthi lidlule ensimini egcwele imfucumfucu evela emsileni weComet Swift-Tuttle . Le mfucumfucu iyasha, ikhiqize izinkanyezi ezidubulayo. Lokhu kukhanya kuhlala isikhathi esingaphansi komzuzwana futhi yilokho kanye esikubonayo eMhlabeni uma sibheka isibhakabhaka. Ukuze uqonde kangcono lesi simo, ungafunda kabanzi ngezinkanyezi ezidubulayo.
Angabonwa nini amaPerseids?
Lokhu kwehla kwemvula yezinkanyezi kungabonakala minyaka yonke maphakathi no-Agasti , ikakhulukazi ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ngemva komhla ziyi-10 ku-Agasti, usuku lomkhosi wokukhumbula ukufela ukholo kukaSanta Lawrence. Yingakho igama elithi "Izinyembezi zikaSanta Lawrence."
Umsuka Wezinyembezi zikaSan Lorenzo kubuKatolika
USaint Lawrence wayengomunye wabadikoni besifunda abayisikhombisa baseRoma. Abaningi bathi ukuzalwa kwakhe kuseHuesca, kanti abanye bakuthole kuseValencia noma eTarragona. Wamiswa njengomdikoni lapho kukhethwa uSixtus njengoPapa. Yingakho engumgcini ongcwele wamadikoni . Wayenesibopho sokuphatha impahla yeSonto nokunakekela abampofu; kulezi zindima, ubhekwa njengomunye wabagcini bezincwadi bokuqala nabaphathi bezimali, ngakho-ke ungumgcini ongcwele wabaphathi bezincwadi.
Ungomunye wabangcwele abahlonishwa kakhulu ebuKristwini futhi amasonto nezindela ezifana neSan Lorenzo de El Escorial eMadrid zakhelwe ukumhlonipha.
Inganekwane ithi phakathi kwazo zonke ingcebo ezazigcinwe uSanta Lawrence kwakukhona iHoly Grail, akwazi ukuyithumela eHuesca ukuze igcinwe kahle . Kamuva, abazali bakaLawrence bafika eValencia ukuze babalekele ukushushiswa, futhi isekhona nanamuhla.
ukubulawa kukaSaint Lawrence
Lapho uMbusi uValerian evimbela ukukhulekela kobuKristu , futhi eshushisa noma ubani owayekwenza noma owayebuthana emathuneni, ababhishobhi nabapristi abaningi bagwetshwa ukufa. Izisulu eziphawulekayo zeValerian zazihlanganisa uPapa uStephen I noSixtus II, uMbhishobhi uCyprian waseCarthage, kanye nomdikoni uSanta Lawrence.
"Ukufelwa ukholo kweSan Lorenzo" Prado Museum
Kuthiwa umdikoni uLawrence wahlangana noPapa Sixtus endleleni yakhe eya ekufeleni ukholo wambuza: “Uyaphi, baba othandekayo, ngaphandle kwendodana yakho? Uphuthumaphi, baba ongcwele, ngaphandle komdikoni wakho? Awukaze ubeke i-altare lomhlatshelo ngaphandle kwenceku yakho, futhi manje usufisa ukwenza kanjalo ngaphandle kwami?” UPapa wamphendula ngalokho okwakubonakala sengathi yisiprofetho: “Ngezinsuku ezintathu uzongilandela . ”
Ngemva kwezinsuku ezintathu, eRoma, ngesikhathi ungcwele eshiswa ephila egridini, wathi, "Ngiphenduleni, ngoba sengiphelile kulolu hlangothi." Izinyembezi azikhiphayo , ngokusho kwenganekwane, ziyizinkanyezi ezazizowa esibhakabhakeni ngobusuku obulandelayo njengesikhumbuzo esiqhubekayo sokufela ukholo kukaSanta Lawrence. Lokhu kwenzeka ngomhlaka-10 Agasti.
Njalo ngonyaka ngalolo suku, iDolobha laseVatican libonisa indawo yokugcina izinto equkethe ikhanda likasanta ukuze lihlonishwe . Ungusanta wesithathu osekela idolobha laseRoma.
Umsuka wamaPerseid ezinganekwaneni zamaGreki
Isiko lamaGreki lisitshela ukuthi uPerseus uyindodana kankulunkulu uZeus kanye ne-nymph uDanaë. UZeus, odumile ngothando lwakhe oluningi, wathandana ne-nymph enhle, kodwa ukuze ayifinyelele kwadingeka aziguqule njengoba yayivalelwe ekamelweni. Unkulunkulu wanquma ukuthatha isimo semvula ekhanyayo . Ngale ndlela, wakwazi ukuzala uPerseus.
Njengoba ekhula, uPerseus wahileleka endabeni kaCassiopeia. Indlovukazi yamaTopiya yayingowesifazane omuhle kakhulu, kangangokuthi kuthiwa wayemuhle kakhulu kunamaNereid, amadodakazi olwandle futhi ebhekwa njengenye yezidalwa ezinhle kakhulu ezikhona. UPoseidon wathukuthela lapho ethola lokhu wathumela uCetus, isilo sasolwandle, ukuba ayojezisa uCassiopeia.
Esaba ukuthi lesi silo sizobhubhisa iTopiya, amakhosi aya kumboni, owawatshela ukuthi kumele athobe ulaka lukaNkulunkulu ngokunikela ngendodakazi yawo. U-Andromeda wagcina eboshelwe edwaleni njengomhlatshelo.
Ngaleso sikhathi, uPerseus, owayedlula ngomkhumbi, wezwa ukukhala kwale ntokazi. Yamthatha, futhi njengoba esanda kubulala uGorgon, wasebenzisa ikhanda layo ukwesabisa uCeto nokusindisa u-Andromeda . Kamuva wayishada.
"Perseus kanye Andromeda" Pierre Minyar 1679
UPerseus wayezohlala esibhakabhakeni njengeqoqo lezinkanyezi, kanti amaPerseid, imvula yezinkanyezi, avela kule nkanyezi . Yingakho igama lale nkanyezi. Iqoqo lezinkanyezi likaPerseus limelela iqhawe, njengoba ayeyiqhawe lakudala, futhi silandise ngesinye sezenzo zakhe lapha.