Achelous

Achelous (kuma Acheloos ko Acheloios) (/ˌækɪˈloʊ.əs/; Tsohon Girkanci, kuma daga baya Akhelôios) shi ne allah a cikin Addinin Girka na dā da tatsuniyoyi da ke da alaƙa da Kogin Achelous, mafi girman kogi a Girka. A cewar Hesiod, shi dan Titans Oceanus ne da Tethys. An kuma ce shi ne mahaifin Sirens, da yawa nymphs, da sauran zuriya.

Achelous ya sami damar canza siffarsa, kuma a cikin siffar bijimi, ya yi gwagwarmaya da Heracles don haƙƙin auren Deianeira, amma ya ɓace. Ya kuma shiga cikin labarin jarumin Argive Alcmaeon . 

 Magana 
Sunan ːχεϊος mai yiwuwa ne kafin Girkanci; [undefined] ma'anarsa ba cikakke ba ce. Tattaunawar kwanan nan sun nuna cewa asalin Semitic ne, tare da farkon Αχ- wanda ya samo asali ne daga Akkadian aʹu ("gefen kogi"), ko aʹû ("gabar teku") da kuma ma'anar -ελώʹος, daga Akkadian illu ("ruwa" ko "ruwayen kogi da ke mamaye ƙasar ).[1] A cewar masanin harshe Ivan Duridanov [bg] , sunan kogin Thracian Achelōos (a madadin, Achelón da Achelon), wanda ke kusa da Anchialo, a cikin Bahar Maliya, yana da alaƙa da kalmar Helenanci, dukansu sun samo asali ne daga asalin Proto-Indo-Turai *化ku̯el, ma'ana 'ruwa'.[2]

 Iyali 
A cewar Hesiod, Achelous, tare da duk sauran alloli na kogi, ɗan Titans Oceanus ne da Tethys .  A cewar masanin tarihin ƙarni na shida Acusilaus, Achelous shine "mafi tsufa kuma mafi girmamawa" na allahn kogi na Oceanus. Servius, yana ba da labarin al'adar da ba a san asalinsa ba, ya ba da rahoton cewa Achelous ya kasance ɗan Duniya (watau Gaia). 

Achelous yana da 'ya'ya daban-daban. An ce shi ne mahaifin Sirens. A cewar mawaki na ƙarni na 3 BC Lycophron, Sirens 'ya'ya mata ne na Achelous, ta hanyar "mahaifiyar mawaƙa" (watakila ma'anar mahaifiyar Muse ce), yayin da Ovid ya kira Sirens kawai' ya'yan Achelous ne, ba tare da ambaton mahaifiyarsu ba. Wani mawaki na ƙarni na 3 BC, Apollonius na Rhodes, ya sanya mahaifiyar Muse Terpsichore, yayin da bisa ga wasu asusun, ita ce Muse Melpomene, ko kuma yarima Sterope ta Kalydonian. Ta hanyar Perimede, 'yar Aeolus, an ce Achelous ya haifi Hippodamas da Orestes.

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