Ekuqaleni, yonke into yayilulwandle olunye. Kodwa ke uthixo uRa wabanikela umva abantu waza wazifihla enzulwini yamanzi. Ukuphendula, u-Apep (igama lamandulo laseYiputa lenyoka eyoyikekayo), waphuma ngaphantsi waza wenza umonakalo ebantwini. Ebona oku, intombi kaRa, uIsis, yajika yaba yinyoka kwaye yamkhohlisa uApep. Uthe ke akuba ezimanyathelene, wamkrwitsha ngezisongelo, ukuba angaphindi abaleke. Kakhulu njengeeMfazwe zeNkwenkwezi, kodwa ngaphandle kweelaser okanye izibane. Kanye ngolu hlobo kukho elinye ilivo elinomdla elavela kwi-Egypt yamandulo.
Inguqulelo efinyeziweyo yale ntsomi yamandulo yaseYiputa ihamba ngolu hlobo lulandelayo: “Isicaka esisisilumko siyayibalisela inkosi yaso indlela asinde ngayo kwinqanawa eyayiphulwe ngumkhombe, saya kutsho kunxweme lwesiqithi esingaqondakaliyo, apho sadibana nenyoka enkulu ethetha, ezibiza ngokuba yiNkosi yasePunt. Zonke izinto ezilungileyo zazisesiqithini, kwaye umatiloshe kunye nenyoka bancokola de kuwiswe isichotho inqanawa aze abuyele eYiputa.
Uninzi lweziqwenga zentsomi zikhokelela kwizinto ezibonisa umdla. Ubungakanani besirhubuluzi esintsonkothileyo yinto yokuqala ebetha umntu ngokumangalisayo. Umatiloshe osaphilayo ubalisa iingozi zakhe ngolu hlobo:
“Imithi yayiqhekeka, umhlaba ungcangcazela. Ndathi xa ndivula ubuso bam, ndabona ukuba inyoka isondela kum. ubude bawo buziikubhite ezimashumi mathathu. Iindevu zayo zingaphezu kweekubhite ezimbini ubude. Amahluli ayo ngawegolide, amashiya ayo ngabomvu, umzimba wakhe ugobele phezulu.
Le nyoka yasentsomini inika umdla kakhulu. Iimpawu zikhomba kuye ukuba uneendevu kunye namashiya atyebileyo ngokwaneleyo ukuba afane needragons zaseTshayina zegolide zaseTshayina. Nangona kunjalo, iindevu ezincinci zazibonakaliswa kwiinyoka ezingcwele eYiputa. Izithethe zamandulo zaseYiputa naseMpuma Asia malunga nezirhubuluzi ezinkulu zibonakala ziphuma kumthombo omnye.
Into yesibini engaqhelekanga oyiphawulayo kukuba, kukho imbekiselo eyenziwa kwintsomi inkwenkwezi ethile eyayinoxanduva lokufa kwayo yonke intsapho yeenyoka. Nantsi into eyathethwa yinyoka yokugqibela emntwini:
“Ngoku ekubeni usindile kule ngozi, makhe ndikuxelele ibali lentlekele eyandehlelayo. Ndakhe ndahlala kwesi siqithi nosapho lwam – iinyoka ezingama-75 zizonke ngaphandle kokubala inkedama eyintombazana eyayiziswe kum ngebhaqo neyayithandeka entliziyweni yam. Ngobunye ubusuku inkwenkwezi yehla ezulwini zaza zatsha zivutha amadangatye. Yenzeka ndingekho – bendingekho phakathi kwabo. Ndasindiswa mna, yabona, ndim ndedwa.
Yayiluhlobo olunjani lwenkwenkwezi eyatshisa izidalwa ezinkulu ezingamashumi asixhenxe anesihlanu ngaxeshanye? — masikhumbule ubukhulu benyoka. Olunjani ukubetha oluchanekileyo nolusebenzayo kwaye enjani yona into enamandla ebethayo!
Masikhumbule enye intsomi evela eYiputa yamandulo, apho uSekhmet, iliso eloyikekayo lika-Ra, kuthiwa waqhawula intloko yenyoka enkulu okanye inyoka uApep (eyaziwa nangokuthi i-Apophis). U-Apep wayejongwa njengolona tshaba olukhulu lukaRa, kwaye ke wanikwa igama elithi Enemy of Ra, kwaye ngokunjalo "INkosi yeChaos".
Kulo mzekelo - intsomi yeSiqithi seSerpent - oku kutshatyalaliswa kweenyoka yinkwenkwezi kufana nesohlwayo sokwenene sasezulwini, ngokwengqiqo yegama!
Makhe sibuye umva kwintsomi okomzuzwana kwaye sigxininise kwizinto ezithe ngqo. Umatiloshe wokugqibela osindileyo uchaza amaza eekubhite ezisibhozo, yaye uqikelela ukuba ubude benyoka buziikubhite ezingamashumi amathathu. Le yimilinganiselo ephambili yothelekiso enokusetyenziswa ukuqikelela isikali:
“Yaye ngoku umoya uya usiba namandla, namaza aphakame kangangeekubhite ezisibhozo. Kwaye ke imasti yawela kumaza, kwaye inqanawa yalahleka, kwaye akukho namnye owasindayo ngaphandle kwam.
Ngamanye amazwi, ngokusekelwe kwingxelo, akunakubakho mathandabuzo malunga nobukhulu; amaza makhulu, kwaye iinyoka zinkulu ngokuphindwe kathathu kunamaza. Kwaye kunye nokubetha okukhawulezileyo kokuthile “inkwenkwezi,” yonke le nto inkulu “umhadi wenyoka” kwiinyoka ezinkulu ezingamashumi asixhenxe anesihlanu ziyatshatyalaliswa. Kucacile ukuba ugqabhuko-dubulo lwalunamandla amakhulu.
Yintoni eyabetha iinyoka ezikrelekrele? Ngandlela ithile, kunzima ukuyamkela i "phambene" I-asteroid ibetha ngokungalindelekanga.
Alithandabuzeki elokuba imithombo yamandulo ethetha ngembali yabantu idla ngokuquka amabali angeyonyani kwiintsomi zabo. Sikholelwa ukuba eli bali lihambelana neentsomi zakudala zabantu ababehlala kude neJiphutha, apho izithixo okanye amagorha ayesilwa nezirhubuluzi okanye iidragons kumabali amandulo. Kwakutheni ukuze ezo ntsomi zixhaphake kwizithethe zamandulo?
