希腊神话中的蟒蛇

Nerk Pirtz 04-08-2023
Nerk Pirtz

希腊神话中的巨蟒

蟒蛇是希腊神话中的怪兽之一,虽然不像某些怪兽那样有名,如 斯芬克斯 蟒蛇是一种怪物,在阿波罗神的故事中扮演着重要角色。

盖娅的蟒蛇之子

蟒蛇是一条巨大的蛇龙,生于 盖娅 蟒蛇是希腊神话中的大地女神,大多数资料都说蟒蛇是从史前大洪水退去后留下的泥土中诞生的。

蟒蛇的家就在帕尔纳索斯山的一个洞穴里,因为附近有地球的肚脐,已知世界的中心,这里有一块重要的预言石。 这个地方当然就是德尔菲,古代世界最重要的神谕之地,由于它与德尔菲的联系,蟒蛇有时也被命名为德尔菲尼。

See_also: 希腊神话中的安其诺

德尔斐的蟒蛇保护者

因此,蟒蛇最初是它母亲的工具,因为德尔斐最早的神庙和女祭司都是盖亚的信徒,不过在希腊神话中,德尔斐神谕的所有权后来传给了忒弥斯和忒弥勒。 菲比 .

阿波罗来到德尔斐

在有关蟒蛇的最简单的故事中,阿波罗来到德尔斐,试图控制这个占卜之地,蟒蛇作为保护神,会反对新神的到来,但最终,巨蛇被阿波罗的箭射死,奥林匹斯神掌管了古希腊的预言元素。

阿波罗和蟒蛇 - 约瑟夫-马洛德-威廉-透纳(1775-1851 年) - PD-art-100

折磨人的蟒蛇

希腊神话中还有一个关于蟒蛇的平实得多的故事,它与宙斯的感情生活有关。 宙斯与菲比的女儿莱托有染,莱托被宙斯怀上了孩子。 宙斯的妻子赫拉发现了这件事,她禁止陆地上的任何地方容留莱托并让她生下孩子。

一些资料称,赫拉也曾雇佣蟒蛇骚扰莱托,使其无法生产;另一些资料则称,蟒蛇并非受雇,而是自愿行动,因为它看到了自己的未来,一个它将被莱托的儿子杀死的未来。

尽管如此,莱托还是在奥蒂吉亚岛找到了避难所,并在那里顺利生下了女儿阿尔忒弥斯和儿子阿波罗。

蟒蛇之死

阿波罗刚出生 4 天,就离开了母亲,来到金属加工之神赫菲斯托斯的工场,赫菲斯托斯送给阿波罗一把弓箭。 阿波罗拿着弓箭,去寻找骚扰他母亲的怪物。

阿波罗会追踪蟒蛇到帕尔那索斯山上的洞穴,然后神与蛇展开搏斗。 对阿波罗来说,蟒蛇并不是一个容易战胜的对手,但通过射出一百支箭,蟒蛇最终被杀死了。

蟒蛇的尸体被留在德尔斐主神庙外,因此神庙和神谕有时被称为 Pytho;同样,德尔斐神谕的女祭司也被称为 Pythia。

随着蟒蛇被杀死,神庙和神谕的象征性所有权将从旧秩序转移到阿波罗的新秩序。

阿波罗与蛇蟒 - 科内利斯-德-沃斯(1584-1651 年) - PD-art-100

蟒蛇之名永流传

一些资料显示,阿波罗在杀死盖亚的孩子后,必须接受长达八年的奴役,阿波罗可能是为了忏悔杀死蟒蛇的罪行而举办毕底亚竞技会的,但同样,阿波罗也可能是为了庆祝自己的胜利而举办竞技会的。

无论哪种情况,毕典运动会都是继奥林匹克运动会之后的第二大泛希腊运动会。

一些古代资料称,蟒蛇只是埃奇德娜(Echidna)(提丰的配偶)的另一个名字,但一般认为,蟒蛇和埃奇德娜是盖亚的两个不同的怪物后代,埃奇德娜据说被阿尔戈斯-帕诺普特斯(Argos Panoptes)杀死了,如果她真的被杀死过的话。

See_also: 希腊神话中的埃厄忒斯王
德尔斐女祭司 - 约翰-马勒-科利尔(1850-1934) - PD-art-100

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