Ukushawa kwezinkanyezi ezaziwa ngokuthi amaPerseids noma Izinyembezi zeSan Lorenzo kuyinto eyenzeka kwenzeka lapho umhlaba udlula emfucumfucwini eshiywe umsila wenkanyezi enomsila.
Kodwa ngaphezu kwengxenye yesayensi, amaPerseid anengxenye yawo yenganekwane, umsuka wawo usemasikweni amaGreki namaKhatholika.
Ayini ama-perseids?
Ngezikhathi ezithile, ukunyakaza kokuhumusha koMhlaba kwenza udlule ensimini egcwele izinsalela zomsila weComet Swift-Tuttle. Lezi zihlala zivutha futhi Bakhiqiza izinkanyezi ezidubulayo. Ukubaneka okungapheli ngisho nomzuzwana owodwa futhi yilokho esikubona eMhlabeni uma sibheka isibhakabhaka.
Angabonwa nini amaPerseids?
Lokhu kushawa kwezinkanyezi ezidubulayo kungabonakala njalo ngonyaka phakathi no-August. Ikakhulukazi ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ngemva kuka-Agasti 10, usuku lapho umkhosi wenziwa khona eduze kokufel' ukholo koNgcwele. Ngakho-ke igama elithi "Izinyembezi zeSan Lorenzo".
Umsuka Wezinyembezi zikaSan Lorenzo kubuKatolika
USan Lorenzo wayengomunye wamadikoni ayisikhombisa esifunda saseRoma. Baningi ababeka ukuzalwa kukasanta eHuesca, nakuba abanye bekubeka eValencia noma eTarragona. Wayezogcotshwa idikoni ngokuqokwa kukaSixtus njengoPapa. Yingakho kunjalo umgcini ongcwele wamadikoni. Ubephethe ukuphatha impahla yeBandla nokunakekela abampofu, kule misebenzi uthathwa njengomunye wabagcini bemibhalo kanye nabagcinimafa bokuqala ababekhona yingakho umgcini wezincwadi.
Es omunye wabangcwele abahlonishwa kakhulu bobuKristu futhi amasonto nezindlu zezindela ezifana neSan Lorenzo de El Escorial, eMadrid, zakhiwe ngenjongo yokumhlonipha.
Inganekwane ithi phakathi kwayo yonke ingcebo eyayigadwe yiSan Lorenzo, kwakuyi- I-Holy Grail nokuthi ukwazile ukuyithumela e-Huesca ukuze ivikeleke. Ngemva kwesikhathi esithile, abazali baka-Lorenzo babezofika eValencia ngenxa yokushushiswa nalapho behlala khona nanamuhla.
ukubulawa kukaSaint Lawrence
lapho umbusi UValerian wenqabela ukukhulekela kobuKristu, kanye nokushushiswa kwanoma ubani okwenzile noma ohlangana naye emathuneni ababhishobhi nabapristi abaningi bagwetshwa intambo. Izisulu eziphawulekayo zika-Valerian kungaba oPhapha uStephen I kanye no-Sixtus II, uMbhishobhi Cipriano de Carthage kanye, vele, idikoni u-San Lorenzo.
"Ukufelwa ukholo kweSan Lorenzo" Prado Museum
Kuthiwa umdikoni U-Lorenzo wathola uPapa Sixtus esendleleni eya ekufeni futhi ngiyambuza: «Uyaphi, baba othandekayo, ngaphandle kwendodana yakho? Uphuthuma kuphi baba ongcwele ngaphandle kwedikoni lakho? Awuzange umise i-altare lomhlatshelo ngaphandle kwenceku yakho ngaphambili, futhi manje usufuna ukulenza ngaphandle kwami na? Upapa waphendula kulokho okwakubonakala kuyisiprofetho: "ezinsukwini ezintathu uzongilandela".
Ngemva kwezinsuku ezintathu, eRoma, ngesikhathi usanta eshiswa ephila e-grill, wathi: "Ngiphendule, ngoba ngapha sengiqedile." Izinyembezi azichithile, kusho inganekwane, izinkanyezi lokho ngobusuku obulandelayo babewa esibhakabhakeni esikhumbuzweni esiqhubekayo sokubulawelwa ukholo kukaSan Lorenzo. Lokhu kwenzeke ngo-Agasti 10.
Njalo ngonyaka ngalolo suku, i I-Vatican City idalula ukuhlonishwa nenhloko yosanta ukuze ithole ukuhlonishwa. Ungusanta wesithathu wedolobha laseRoma.
Umsuka wamaPerseid ezinganekwaneni zamaGreki
Isiko lamaGreki liyakusho lokho UPerseus uyindodana kankulunkulu uZeus kanye nenymph Danae. UZeus, odume ngezindaba zakhe eziningi zothando, wathandana ne-nymph enhle, kodwa ukuze afinyelele kuye kwadingeka ashintshe njengoba evalelwe ekamelweni. Unkulunkulu wanquma ukuthatha isimo semvula ecwebezelayo. Ngale ndlela wakwazi ukukhiqiza uPerseus.
ukukhula, U-Perseus wayehileleke endabeni yeCassiopeia. Indlovukazi yamaTopiya yayingowesifazane omuhle kakhulu, kangangokuthi kwakuthiwa inhle kunamaNereid, amadodakazi olwandle futhi ibhekwa njengesinye sezidalwa ezinhle kakhulu ezikhona. U-Poseidon wathukuthela lapho ethola lokho futhi wathumela uCeto, isilo sasolwandle ukuba sijezise uCassiopeia.
Esaba ukuthi lesi silo sizobhubhisa iTopiya, amakhosi abuza kumshumayeli owawatshela ukuthi kufanele adambise ulaka lukankulunkulu ngokunikela ngendodakazi yakhe. U-Andromeda wagcina eboshelwe edwaleni njengomhlatshelo.
Ngaleso sikhathi, uPerseus owayehamba ngomkhumbi wayekuzwa ukukhala kwentokazi. Wamthanda, futhi kanjani uvela ekubulaleni i-Gorgon, wasebenzisa ikhanda lakhe ukuze ahlasele uCeto futhi asindise u-Andromeda. Kamuva wayezoshada naye.
"Perseus kanye Andromeda" Pierre Minyar 1679
U-Perseus wayengeke afe esibhakabhakeni njengomlaza, futhi eduze kwalo mlaza kukhona amaPerseid., imvula yezinkanyezi ezidubulayo. Ngakho-ke le mvula ithola igama lamaPerseids. Umlaza wePerseus ungoweqhawe njengoba laliyiqhawe lasendulo futhi lapha sibuye salandisa omunye wemisebenzi yakhe.