Game da abu da ake kira "Manticore", an ajiye bayanai mai yawa, kawai ga tsohon likitancin Girka Ctesia, wanda ya zargi shi a Kotun Farisa. Girkanci ya kwatanta duniyar kamar zaki da fuskar mutum wanda ya cinye mutane kuma tare da tsalle guda ya kama wanda aka kama a nesa. Akwai fasali, ana tsammani wannan halitta yana daya daga cikin siffofin allahn Vishnu .
Manticore - wanene wannan?
Manticantic wata halitta ne da zaki, jikin mutum da kashin wutsiya, alamar haske wanda yake da hakora a layuka uku da idanu masu launin shuɗi. An yi imani da cewa wannan dodon yana farautar mutane da cin nama, saboda haka an nuna shi da wasu sassa na jiki a cikin hakora. Da wutsiya aka lashe tare da ƙananan ƙaya, wanda duniyar zata iya kashe, don haka babu wata damar samun ceto.
Manticore - Harshen Helenanci
Manticore - wanene ta? Duk da yake, kuna yin la'akari da bayanin da halaye na dodo, mutane da yawa masu bincike sun nuna cewa ya fito ne daga Farisa ko Indiya, abin da ke waje yana kama da babban tigun. Ko da sunan da aka fassara daga Farsi na nufin "cannibal", da kuma irin manyan garuruwan daji a cikin kurkuku sun kasance kuma. Amma mai bincike na halitta ba Hindu ba ne, amma malamin Girkanci Ctesias, wanda ya bayyana dabba mai ban mamaki a cikin littattafai. Bisa ga fassararsa, Manticore wani mugun abu ne wanda yake da:
- jikin zaki da fuskar mutum;
- layuka uku na hakora;
- claw a tip na wutsiya;
- gashin-baki cike da guba.
Irin wannan ya bayyana Manticore a cikin rubuce-rubuce da tsohon Hellene. Daga baya, malaman Girkanci sun kafa nauyin wannan halitta. Mai daukar hoto Pausanias ya tabbata cewa tiger ne, kuma launin fata ya ba shi faɗuwar rana a idanuwan Hindu. Kuma riga da jimloli guda uku na hakora da kuma wutsiya da ke harba kiban kifi suna ƙyamar magoya bayan da suka ji tsoro su shawo kan babbar dabba.
Menene Manticore yayi kama da?
Bisa ga kwatancin wadanda suka tsohuwar Helenawa, wanda suka karɓa daga Farisa, Manticore alamace ce ta mutane daban-daban:
- jikin zaki, amma ba rawaya ba, amma ja;
- ƙugiya ta kunama a kan wutsiya, harbi tare da allura;
- Hasken walƙiya yayi tsalle, gudu mai sauri;
- muryar tana kama da sautunan ƙararrawa da bututu.
Wanene jiki ne Manticore? Yin la'akari da bayanan, sa'annan babban zaki ko babban cat, wannan alama ce ta duniyar. A cikin ƙarni masu zuwa, an ba da hoton da ya dace da sauran siffofin:
- A tsakiyar zamanai. Abun hakora ba su kasance cikin bakinsu ba, amma a cikin magwagwaro, muryar ta kasance kamar maciji ne, wanda duniyar ya rutsa mutane.
- Shekaru 20th, littattafai na fiction kimiyya. Manticore samu fuka-fuki da kuma harbi m spikes, murya kara sauti kamar purr. Nan da nan ya warkar da raunukansa, fata yana da ikon yin tunaninsu.
Mene ne bambanci tsakanin manticore da chimera?
Wasu masu bincike sun haɗa da manticore da chimera zuwa siffofin waje, amma akwai bambanci tsakanin su. Chimera halitta ne daga tarihin Girkanci, mahaifiyarta ita ce Echidna, kuma uban shi ne dan Gaia da Tartarus Tsifey, kamar yadda wani nau'i ne aka haife ta daga Orta da Hydra. An yi imanin cewa chimera na zaune a Lycia, kuma ta haifa wa yarima Bellerophon. Wannan halitta ta fito ne daga allahn Helenanci na pantheon na alloli, kuma Manticore baƙo ne daga sauran labarun mutane. Chimera da Manticore suna da alamomi guda ɗaya na jiki: jikin zaki, a sauran sauran adadin Hellenic ya bambanta:
- da ikon yin zangon wuta;
- da baya na jikin jikan;
- macijin maciji;
- shugabannin uku: awaki, macizai da dodanni.
The Legend na Manticore
Labarin na Manticore, Girkanci Ctesias bai kawo ba, iyakance ga jita-jitar jita-jitar game da kasancewarsa. A cikin tarihin Farisa, akwai ambaton cewa wannan mummunan duniyar, lokacin da ya sadu da mutum, yana so ya zama rudani, kuma idan mai tafiya ya amsa kome, to, sai ya bar. Masu bincike sunyi tsammanin cewa Manticore, wani duniyar da ke cinye mutane, ya samo asali ne a cikin labarun Indiya, sa'an nan kuma ya yi hijira zuwa Farisa, inda Girkanci Ctesias ya ji labarin.
Duk da haka akwai fassarar, wanda ake zaton irin wannan dutsen ne ya haife shi da wani labarin game da allahn Vishnu, wanda ya san yadda za a juya cikin halittu daban-daban. A cikin siffar ɗaya daga cikinsu - zaki da fuskar mutum - ya ci nasara da mugayen aljannu Hiranyakasipu. Bayan haka sai an kira Vishnu 'yan Hindu Narasimha Mantikor. A cikin labari, an kwatanta shi da jikin zaki, da wutsiya na kunama da hakoran shark. A tsakiyar zamanai, Manticore ya zama alama ce ta mugunta da mugunta.