希腊神话中的爱神

Nerk Pirtz 04-08-2023
Nerk Pirtz

希腊神话中的厄洛斯

希腊万神殿中有两个神都叫厄洛斯,第一个是原初神之一,第二个是阿佛洛狄忒的儿子,其中第二个厄洛斯是最著名的一个。

爱神的父母

偶尔有人说,厄洛斯是阿瑞斯和阿佛洛狄忒之子,但更常见的说法是,厄洛斯是阿佛洛狄忒一个人的儿子,他在阿佛洛狄忒出现后不久出生;因为阿佛洛狄忒是由阿瑞斯和阿佛洛狄忒的阉割成员所生。 乌拉诺斯 .

爱神的作用

爱神厄洛斯出生后,被视为其母希腊神话中爱神和美神阿佛洛狄忒的常伴,奉她之命行事。 不过,厄洛斯也有自己的称号,因为他是希腊神话中的单恋之神。

为此,厄洛斯配备了弓箭,厄洛斯有两种不同的箭,一种是金箭,能让人坠入爱河;另一种是铅箭,能让人对爱情漠不关心。

神圣的爱神 - 乔瓦尼-巴格利奥内(1566-1643 年) - PD-art-100

据说,爱神是个调皮鬼,只要他认为合适,就会让人坠入爱河,这给神和人带来了无尽的烦恼。

如今,人们通常将爱神与罗马神丘比特等同起来,他们的神话和属性几乎完全相同,只是爱神通常被描绘成英俊的青年,而丘比特则更像一个孩子。

爱神与情欲

后来,据说有许多爱神或情神,包括希腊神话中的安特罗斯(Anteros)、激情之神波索斯(Pothos)和性欲之神希米罗斯(Himeros)。

See_also: 希腊神话中的赫利俄斯

有人称希米罗斯是厄洛斯的孪生兄弟,与厄洛斯同时出生在阿佛洛狄忒身边,就在阿佛洛狄忒自己出现后不久;而安特洛斯更常见的说法是阿佛洛狄忒和阿瑞斯的孩子。

爱神的故事

在希腊神话中,厄洛斯很少是核心人物,尽管有些人指责他是宙斯多次婚外恋的罪魁祸首,同样,他有时也被指责导致阿瑞斯爱上阿佛洛狄忒,阿佛洛狄忒爱上阿多尼斯。

最有名的爱神传说是后来的故事,讲述了爱神自己对 Psyche .

See_also: 希腊神话中的奥德赛

为了惩罚美丽的凡人公主普赛克在美貌上与阿佛洛狄忒不相上下,厄洛斯的母亲决定让她的儿子让公主爱上一个面目狰狞的怪物。

然而,当厄洛斯去执行阿佛洛狄忒的命令时,他自己却爱上了赛琪。 由于害怕违背母亲的命令,厄洛斯将把赛琪送到神宫,但厄洛斯从未向赛琪透露过自己的身份,因为他们只是在漆黑的夜晚才走到一起。

爱神与赛琪 - 威廉-阿道夫-布格罗 - PD-art-100

普赛克想知道自己情人的身份,一天晚上她点亮了一盏灯,厄洛斯被发现后吓得逃走了,此后,普赛克便四处寻找他。 阿佛洛狄忒想惩罚普赛克成为她儿子的情人,但在女神交给她的每一项任务中,厄洛斯都会暗中帮助他的凡人情人。

最后,厄洛斯向宙斯求助,为此,普赛克被封为女神,即希腊的灵魂女神,之后,厄洛斯和普赛克举行了婚礼,阿佛洛狄忒对普赛克的愤怒也得到了平息。

据说,爱神厄洛斯和普赛克的婚姻偶尔会生出一个孩子,女儿赫多妮(Hedone),她是掌管快乐和享受的小女神。

丘比特与赛琪的婚礼 - 弗朗索瓦-布歇(1703-1770 年) - PD-art-100

厄洛斯与双鱼座

除了爱情故事,厄洛斯还出现在黄道十二宫双鱼座的神话中。 针鼹 在可怕的提丰(Typhon)的攻击下,众神纷纷逃亡,其中大部分逃到了安全的埃及。

在叙利亚,阿佛洛狄忒和厄洛斯遇到了前进中的提丰,为了安全起见,这对希腊神灵化身为两条鱼,潜入幼发拉底河,游到了安全的地方。 这对鱼后来在天上被称为双鱼座,永垂不朽。

Nerk Pirtz

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