The enigmatic Judaculla Rock ndi Cherokee nthano ya Slant-Eyed Giant

The Judaculla Rock ndi malo opatulika a anthu a Cherokee ndipo akuti ndi ntchito ya Slant-Eyed Giant, munthu wanthano yemwe nthawi ina ankayendayenda m'dzikoli.

Pakatikati pa mapiri a Blue Ridge pali mwala wodabwitsa wokhala ndi zosema modabwitsa zomwe zadodometsa akatswiri a mbiri yakale ndi ofukula zakale kwa zaka mazana ambiri. Wodziwika kuti Judaculla Rock, chojambula chakalechi chimakhala ndi malo apadera m'mbiri ya Cherokee ndi nthano. Ambiri ayesa kumasulira tanthauzo lake ndi cholinga chake, koma nkhani yeniyeni ya thanthweli idakali yobisika.

Yudaculla Rock ndi nthano ya Cherokee ya Slant-Eyed Giant 1
Mwala wa Judaculla ku Jackson County. Milas Parker, membala wa Banja la Parker - osamalira owolowa manja, akukhala monyadira pamaso pa thanthwe lodziwika bwino, cha m'ma 1930. © Blue Ridge Heritage Trail

Nthano imodzi yochititsa chidwi kwambiri yokhudzana ndi Thanthwe la Judaculla ndi ya Chimphona Chotchedwa Slant-Eyed Giant, cholengedwa chongopeka chomwe amati nthawi ina inkayendayenda m’mapiri n’kusiya chizindikiro pa thanthwelo. Lowani nafe pamene tikufufuza mbiri yochititsa chidwi ndi nthano za Rock Judaculla, ndikuwulula zinsinsi za chotsalira chakalechi chomwe chakopa malingaliro a anthu ambiri kwa mibadwomibadwo.

Mwala wa Judaculla

Mwala wa Judaculla. Ili ndi pafupifupi 1,548 motifs, ndipo imakhalabe ndi tanthauzo lapadera kwa Cherokee. ©
Mwala wa Judaculla. Ili ndi pafupifupi 1,548 motifs, ndipo imakhalabe ndi tanthauzo lapadera kwa Cherokee. © iStock

The Judaculla Rock ndi mwala wawukulu wa sopo womwe uli ku Jackson County, North Carolina, womwe umakutidwa ndi zizindikiro zosamvetsetseka ndi zojambula - zoposa 1,500 petroglyphs ponseponse. Imaonedwa kuti ndi imodzi mwamalo ofunikira kwambiri a rock a Native American ku Southeastern United States. Thanthweli, lomwe akuti lili ndi zaka pafupifupi 3,000 (zina zinayambanso pakati pa 2000 ndi 3000 BC), zimatchedwa dzina la Cherokee nthano ya Slant-Eyed Giant, yomwe imadziwikanso kuti Tsul 'Kalu.

Nthano ya Slant-Eyed Giant - Tsul 'Kalu mu nthano za Cherokee

Malinga ndi nthano za Cherokee, Tsul 'Kalu anali chimphona champhamvu chomwe chinkakhala kumapiri ndipo anthu ankamuopa. Anali ndi maso opendekeka ndipo tsitsi lake linali ndi tsitsi kuyambira kumutu mpaka kumapazi. Ngakhale zochepa zomwe zimadziwika za cholengedwa chachikulu cha humanoid ichi, koma nthano imanena kuti iye amadzimvera yekha ndipo adakwiya kwambiri pamene anthu adalankhula zoipa za maonekedwe ake. Tsul 'Kalu adapewa anthu ndipo adabisala m'phirimo. Ankatuluka madzulo kapena usiku akamadziwa kuti anthu ali m’nyumba.

Ananenedwa kuti akhoza kulamulira nyengo ndi kuyambitsa zivomezi. Komabe, Tsul 'Kalu sanali woipa, ndipo nthawi zambiri ankathandiza anthu a Chicherokee, kuphatikizapo kuwaphunzitsa kusaka, nsomba, ndi ulimi. Pamene anamwalira, mzimu wake unanenedwa kuti unalowa mu Thanthwe la Judaculla, lomwe kenaka linakhala malo opatulika a anthu a Cherokee. A Cherokee amati chinali chimphona chamaso chotsetsereka chomwe chinasiya zolembera pamwala wa sopo. Monga momwe nthano imafotokozera, adakanda mwala ndi zala zake zisanu ndi ziwiri. Ena amati ankagwira ntchito ndi zala zake uku akukanda.

A Cherokee ankakhulupirira kuti Judaculla amatha kutenga anthu wamba kudziko la mizimu ndipo ankatha kulankhulana ndi anthu. Zikuoneka kuti ndi mtundu wofanana wa zolengedwa zonga mulungu monga zotchulidwa m’nthano zonse padziko lonse lapansi.

Mbiri ndi kufunikira kwa thanthwe la Judaculla

Thanthwe la Judaculla linapezeka koyamba ndi anthu a ku Ulaya m'zaka za m'ma 1800, koma linali kale malo opatulika a anthu a Cherokee. Mwalawu uli ndi zizindikiro zambirimbiri komanso zosemasema zimene zamasuliridwa m’njira zosiyanasiyana. Ena amakhulupirira kuti zizindikirozo zikuimira zochitika zakusaka, pamene ena amaganiza kuti zikhoza kukhala zizindikiro zakuthambo kapena zachipembedzo. Thanthweli ndi lofunikanso chifukwa limapereka chithunzithunzi cha moyo ndi zikhulupiriro za anthu a Cherokee asanakumane ndi ku Ulaya.

Tanthauzo ndi matanthauzo a zizindikiro za Rock's enigmatic

Zizindikiro za pa Mwala wa Judaculla zakhala nkhani yotsutsana kwambiri ndi kutanthauzira. Ofufuza ena amakhulupirira kuti amaimira malo osaka nyama, okhala ndi zithunzi za nswala, zimbalangondo, ndi nyama zina. Ena amaganiza kuti zizindikirozo zikhoza kukhala zakuthambo, kuimira magulu a nyenyezi kapena zochitika zakuthambo. Ena anenapo kuti zizindikirozo zingakhale ndi tanthauzo lachipembedzo kapena lauzimu, kuimira ubale wa Cherokee ndi chilengedwe.

Maphunziro ndi kafukufuku pa Rock Judaculla

Chiyambireni kupezeka kwa Judaculla Rock, yakhala nkhani yamaphunziro ambiri ndi ntchito zofufuza. Akatswiri ofukula zinthu zakale ndi akatswiri a mbiri yakale ayesa kufotokoza zizindikiro ndi kumvetsa tanthauzo lake, komanso kuphunzira zambiri za chikhalidwe cha Cherokee ndi mbiri yakale. M’zaka zaposachedwapa, zipangizo zamakono monga 3D laser scanning, zakhala zikugwiritsidwa ntchito popanga zithunzi zatsatanetsatane za thanthwe, zomwe zathandiza ochita kafukufuku kumvetsa bwino zizindikiro ndi zojambulazo.

Kusungidwa ndi kusungidwa kwa Thanthwe la Judaculla

Thanthwe la Judaculla ndi malo ofunikira a chikhalidwe ndi mbiri yakale omwe ayenera kusungidwa ndi kutetezedwa kwa mibadwo yamtsogolo. Mwalawu uli pamtunda wa anthu onse, ndipo kuyesayesa kwapangidwa kuti achepetse kufikako ndi kuuteteza ku kuwononga ndi kuwonongeka. Gulu la Eastern Band la Amwenye a Cherokee ndi North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office agwirira ntchito limodzi kupanga dongosolo loyang'anira malowa, lomwe limaphatikizapo kuyang'anira ndi kukonza nthawi zonse.

Kuyendera Judaculla Rock - malangizo ndi malangizo

Ngati mukufuna kuyendera thanthwe la Judaculla, pali zinthu zingapo zomwe muyenera kukumbukira. Malowa ali pamtunda wa anthu onse, koma alendo amafunsidwa kuti azilemekeza malowa osati kukhudza kapena kukwera pathanthwe. Pali malo ang'onoang'ono oyimika magalimoto pafupi, ndipo njira yayifupi imatsogolera ku thanthwe. Alendo ayeneranso kudziwa kuti malowa ndi opatulika kwa anthu a mtundu wa Cherokee, ndipo ayenera kulemekezedwa ndi kulemekeza.

Nthano zina ndi nkhani mu nthano za Cherokee

Anthu a mtundu wa Cherokee ali ndi nthano zolemera komanso zochititsa chidwi, zomwe zili ndi nthano zambiri ndi nkhani zomwe zakhala zikudutsa mibadwomibadwo. Kuphatikiza pa nthano ya Tsul 'Kalu ndi Judaculla Rock, pali nkhani zina zambiri zomwe zimapereka chidziwitso pa chikhalidwe ndi mbiri ya Cherokee. Nkhanizi zikuphatikizapo nthano za mizimu ya nyama, moto woyamba, ng'ombe akumenya chimanga, nthano za chilengedwe, kubwezera kwa mphungu ndi nthano za ngwazi ndi anthu oipa.

Cholowa cha Yudaculla Rock mu Cherokee chikhalidwe ndi cholowa

Thanthwe la Judaculla ndi gawo lofunika kwambiri la chikhalidwe ndi cholowa cha Cherokee, ndipo kufunikira kwake kukukulirakulirabe mpaka pano. Mwalawu umakhala chikumbutso cha kugwirizana kwakukulu kwa anthu a Cherokee kudziko ndi zikhulupiriro zawo zauzimu. Zimaperekanso chithunzithunzi cha moyo wawo asanakumane ndi ku Ulaya. Cholowa cha thanthwe chimakondweretsedwa ndi anthu a Cherokee, omwe amawona kuti ndi malo opatulika komanso gawo lofunika kwambiri la chikhalidwe chawo.

Mawu omaliza

The Judaculla Rock ndi malo ochititsa chidwi komanso osamvetsetseka omwe akupitirizabe kukopa ofufuza ndi alendo omwe. Zizindikiro zake ndi zojambula zamasuliridwa m'njira zambiri, ndipo tanthauzo lake kwa anthu a Cherokee ndi losatsutsika. Pamene tikupitiriza kuphunzira zambiri za thanthwe ndi mbiri yake, timamvetsetsa mozama za chikhalidwe cha Cherokee ndi cholowa chake. Ngati muli ndi mwayi wopita ku Judaculla Rock, khalani ndi nthawi yoyamikira kukongola kwake ndi kufunikira kwake, ndipo kumbukirani cholowa cha Slant-Eyed Giant ndi anthu a Cherokee.

Ngati mukufuna phunzirani zambiri za chikhalidwe ndi mbiri ya Cherokee, ganizirani kuyendera malo ena ofunikira m'derali, monga Oconaluftee Indian Village kapena Museum of the Cherokee Indian. Masambawa amapereka chithunzithunzi cha mbiri yakale komanso yochititsa chidwi ya anthu a Cherokee.