(Fuente).
U-Ovid wayenezakhe I-Metamorfosis inganekwane yesihlahla se-laurel, indaba engasebenza njengomthombo wokhuthazo lokuhle tattoo.
Futhi, i-laurel inezinye eziningi izincazelo. Ngabe uyafuna ukuwathola? Sibona ngezansi!
U-Apollo noDaphne: uthando aluhlali lunqoba
UDaphne uphenduka isihlahla se-laurel.
Inganekwane ithi ngelinye ilanga u-Apollo wayedlala isikhulu phambi kukaCupid, ekhombisa ukunqoba kwakhe futhi ehlekisa ngonkulunkulu wothando. UCupid, ngomzuzwana wokufutheka, wakhomba umcibisholo wegolide enhliziyweni ka-Apollo wamshaya ngenxa yothando lukaDaphne., uNymph yena, owathola umcibisholo wokuhola, ngakho-ke wayengafuni ukwazi lutho ngo-Apollo.
U-Apollo waba nesisindo waqala ukumjaha ngathi alikho kusasa. Futhi uDaphne ompofu wabaleka wancenga uyise, unkulunkulu womfula uPeneo, ukuba amsize. Uyise wamuzwa futhi wayengenawo omunye umqondo ngaphandle kokumguqula abe ngumuthi we-laurel. Ngemuva kwalokho izinyawo zikaDaphne zacwila emhlabathini zaba izimpande, futhi izingalo zakhe, eziphakanyiselwe esibhakabhakeni, zagcwala amagatsha namaqabunga. U-Apollo wasanga lesi sihlahla ekhala futhi wasithatha njengesihlahla sakhe esihamba phambili (angaze aphenduke isihlahla angamshiya yedwa uDaphne ompofu).
I-laurel eRoma lasendulo
(Fuente).
Isihlahla se-laurel, ngaphezu kwendaba kaDaphne no-Apollo, sinezinye izincazelo eziningi, ikakhulukazi ezihlobene neRoma lasendulo. Ngalezo zinsuku se uklonyelise abawine imikhakha ehlukene ngemigqomo yama-laurel (kusuka lapha kuza isisho onqobayo) futhi, ngaphezu kwalokho, kwakubhekwa njengophawu lobumsulwa nokungafi, ngoba kwakusetshenziswa emikhosini eminingi.
Ababusi baseRoma nabo babamukela i-laurel njengophawu, kungaba ukuyigqoka njengesicoco noma ukuhlobisa ukungena ezindlini zabo. Empeleni, lesi sitshalo sasinencazelo enamandla enamandla kangangoba sasinqatshelwe ukusisebenzisa emicimbini engcolile.
Siyethemba ukuthi le ndatshana encazelweni yomuthi we-laurel isebenze njengogqozi locezu lwakho olulandelayo. Sitshele, unawo yini ama-tattoo nalesi sitshalo? Sazise kumazwana abekiwe!