USelene wayengumzekelo wenyanga kwintetho yamaGrike.
USelene ungomnye owaziwa ngaphantsi (ubuncinci kwiinkcubeko zamandulo) zeGrisi. Uyingqayizivele phakathi koothixo bamaGrike aseGrisi kuba nguye kuphela obonakaliswa njengenyanga ekuzalweni kwangaphambili ngeengcali zakudala.
Uzalwe kwisiqithi saseGrisi saseRhodes, uSelene uyintombazana ebhinqa, esoloko ibonakaliswa yintloko yeentloko. Ubonakaliswa yinyanga kwifom yayo yentshukumo kwaye ichazwa njengokuqhuba inqwelo yokuhamba ngehashe ebusuku.
Ibali leMvelaphi likaSelene
Umzali wakhe utyhafile, kodwa ngokubhekiselele kumlobi ongumGrike uHesiod, uyise u Hyperion nonina wayengudadewabo uEuryphessa, owaziwa nangokuthi nguTheia. Bobabini i-Hyperion neTheia babengamaTitans, kwaye uHesiod wabiza inzala yabo "abantwana abathandekayo: i-Eos enezixhobo ezixakekileyo kunye ne-Selene enezityebi kunye neeHelios ezingenamandla."
U- Helios umntakwabo wayengunkulunkulu welanga waseGrike, kwaye udadewabo uEos wayengunkulunkulukazi wentsasa. USelene wayekhunjulwa njengoPhiebe, umHuntress. Njengabankulunkulukazi abaninzi bamaGrisi, wayenemiba eyahlukeneyo. U-Selene ukholelwa ukuba wayengunkulunkulukazi wenyanga odlula u-Arthemisi, owathi wamthabatha indawo. Phakathi kwamaRoma, uSelene wayaziwa ngokuba yiLuna.
USelene unamandla okunika ubuthongo nokukhanya ebusuku. Ulawula ixesha, kwaye njengenyanga, uhlala eshintsha. Kuyathakazelisa ke ngoko, ukuba enye yezona zinto zihlala zihlala kwiSthene ziyingxaki yokugcina u-Endymion wakhe othandekayo kwilizwe elingatshintshi ngonaphakade.
Selene no-Endymion
USelene uthanda umalusi ofayo u-Endymion kwaye udibana naye, emzalela iintombi ezingamashumi amahlanu. Ibali lihamba ukuba lihambele ubusuku bonke - inyanga ehla evela esibhakabhakeni - kwaye uyamthanda kakhulu kangangokuba akanakukuthwala ingcamango yokufa kwakhe. Ubeka isipela kumbeka ebuthongweni obukhulu ngonaphakade ukuze ambone, engatshintshiyo, ngonaphakade.
Ezinye iinguqulelo zeengcali aziqali ngokucacileyo ukuba i-Endymion iphelile njani ukulala kwexesha elingapheliyo, ebonisa ukuba upelo lukaZeus, kwaye aluchazi ukuba njani aba babini bavelisa abantwana abangama-50 ukuba wayelele. Nangona kunjalo, iintombi ezingama-50 ze-Selene kunye ne-Endymion ziza kubakho iinyanga ezingama-50 ze-Olympic Olympiad. USelene wagcina i-Endymion emqolombeni kwiNtaba yaseLatmus eCaria.
IiSelen's Trysts kunye nezinye izizukulwana
USelene wadukiswa nguThixo uPan , owamnika isipho sehashe elimhlophe okanye, ngokunye, inkunzi yeenkomo ezimhlophe. Wayezalela iintombi eziliqela kunye noZeyus , kuquka uNaxos, uErsa, uthixokazi wolutsha uPandeia (musa ukumdibanisa naye ngePandora), kunye no-Nemaia. Abanye bathi uPan wayengumzali wasePandeia.
Iindawo zeTempile zeSelene
Ngokungafani neentombikazi ezinzulu zamaGrisi, uSelene wayenayo indawo yeetempile. Njengonkulunkulukazi wenyanga, wayenokubonwa ukusuka phantse yonke indawo.
Selene kunye neSelenium
U-Selene unika igama lakhe kwisalathisi yelisoum, esetyenziswa kwi-xerography ukukopisha amaxwebhu kunye ne-toner yezithombe. I-Selenium isetyenziselwa imboni yeglasi ukwenza iiglasi ezibomvu kunye ne-enamel kunye nokuguqula iglasi kunye nayo isetyenziswe kwiifowuni kunye neemitha ezikhanyayo.