Imfihlakalo kanye nenganekwane yoMkhumbi Wezipoki Ondizayo waseDutchman
Phakathi kwezindaba eziningi zasolwandle ezidluliselwe ezizukulwaneni ngezizukulwane, inganekwane yomkhumbi wezipoki iFlying Dutchman inendawo ekhethekile. Akuyona nje indaba eyesabekayo ehloselwe ukwesabisa amatilosi asebasha, kodwa inganekwane egxile kakhulu emasikweni asemanzini aseYurophu amakhulu eminyaka. Igama elithi Flying Dutchman livame ukuhlotshaniswa nomkhumbi oqalekisiwe ukuhamba ngaphandle kokukwazi ukumisa ichweba, uvele ngokuzumayo ezivunguvungwini noma enkungwini enkulu, bese unyamalala ngaphambi kokuba noma ubani asondele kuwo. Ngaphansi kwesithombe sawo esesabekayo, le nganekwane iphethe izendlalelo zomlando, izimpawu, kanye nethonya elikhulu lamasiko—kusukela ekulandiseni kwamatilosi kuya ezincwadini zanamuhla namafilimu.
Imvelaphi yale nganekwane: kusukela eCape of Good Hope kuya emhlabeni wonke
Indaba yeFlying Dutchman ivame ukulandelwa eCape of Good Hope engxenyeni eseningizimu ye-Afrika, umzila wemikhumbi oyingozi kakhulu ngenxa yemisinga enamandla, imimoya eshintshashintshayo, kanye neziphepho ezinamandla. Ngokwenguqulo ethandwa kakhulu, umkhumbi wawuqondiswa ukaputeni waseDashi ogama lakhe linguHendrick van der Decken (ngezinye izikhathi ubhalwa ngokuthi uVan der Decken noma uVan Straaten, kuye ngokuthi umthombo uvelaphi). Lapho umkhumbi wakhe uhlaselwa yisiphepho esinamandla, ukaputeni wafunga ukuthi uzodlula e-cape noma ngabe kusho "ukuhamba ngomkhumbi kuze kube sekupheleni kwesikhathi." Lesi sifungo, esiphikisana nesiphetho—futhi kwezinye izinguqulo, esiphikisana noNkulunkulu—kucatshangwa ukuthi yisona esabangela isiqalekiso.
Izinganekwane zavela ngesiko elidluliselwa ngomlomo. Amatilosi asinda eziphephweni ayevame ukuxoxa izindaba “zomkhumbi ongavamile” obonwa kude: ukhanya kancane, useyili wawo uvulwa naphezu kwemimoya enamandla, kanye nokunyakaza kwawo okuphikisana nemithetho yemvelo. Amakholwa ayebheka ukubonakala kwawo njengophawu lwenhlanhla—ngisho nokufa.
Isiqalekiso esimbozayo: isono, ukuqhosha, kanye nokulahlwa okuphakade
Isiqalekiso se-Flying Dutchman sithatha izinhlobo ezahlukene kuye ngendaba. Abanye bachaza ukaputeni njengomuntu oqhoshayo owenqaba ukufuna indawo yokukhosela ezivunguvungwini, wenqaba ukusiza eminye imikhumbi, noma wenza ubugebengu obukhulu njengokubulala nokuvukela umbuso. Abanye banezela izici zenkolo: ukaputeni wayegembula ngodeveli, ehlambalaza, noma ephethe into eqalekisiwe.
Kodwa intambo efanayo iyafana: iFlying Dutchman iwuphawu lokuzikhukhumeza komuntu ophikisana nemvelo nokuziphatha. Isijeziso esinikezwayo naso "siyimbongo": umkhumbi nabasebenzi bawo abakwazi ukumisa imikhumbi, abakwazi ukufa, abakwazi ukubuyela ekhaya, futhi bashiywa bezulazula ezindilinga ezindleleni ezifanayo zasolwandle, bezulazula njengesixwayiso kwabanye.
Kwezinye izindaba, umkhumbi uzama ukuxhumana nabantu. Kunezindaba zemikhumbi yezipoki esondela futhi "ithumela izincwadi" ngemikhumbi edlulayo—izincwadi ezibhalelwe izihlobo esezashona kudala. Kuthiwa abamukeli babhekana neshwa. Lesi sici siqinisa isimo esibuhlungu: abasebenzi bomkhumbi abasibo nje izilo, kodwa imiphefumulo ebhajwe isathwele imithwalo yezwe.
Imibono kanye nofakazi bokuzibonela: phakathi kwenganekwane kanye nezenzakalo zemvelo
Ukubonwa okuningi kweFlying Dutchman kuqoshwe emithonjeni eyahlukahlukene yomlando, okuhlanganisa naleyo evela kubantu abadumile kanye nezikhulu zasolwandle. Ukulandisa okukodwa okuvame ukucashunwa kuhilela iNkosana uGeorge (kamuva owaba yiNkosi uGeorge V waseNgilandi) ngesikhathi ehamba ngomkhumbi ngasekupheleni kwekhulu le-19. Yena namalungu amaningana eqembu kubikwa ukuthi babone "umkhumbi wezipoki" okhanya ngokubomvu kude. Endabeni, itilosi elawubonayo laphahlazeka ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho, okuqinisa inkolelo yokuthi ukubonwa kwawo kwakuyingozi.
Nokho, abacwaningi banamuhla bavame ukuthi ukubona okunjalo kubangelwa yizinto ezenzeka emoyeni. Olwandle, ikakhulukazi ezindaweni ezinomehluko omkhulu ekushiseni komoya namanzi, kungenzeka imibono yokubona efana neFata Morgana. Lesi simo "singaphakamisa" isithunzi somkhumbi osemkhathini, siwenze ubonakale sengathi uyantanta noma ushintsha isimo, noma ngisho nokukhanya. Ezimweni ezinezivunguvungu, inkungu, nokukhathala, umbono wamatilosi nawo ungakhohliswa kalula—okwenezela ekucindezelekeni kwengqondo kokubhekana nolwandle olunolaka.
Lokhu kusho ukuthi kungase kungabi umkhumbi wangempela wemimoya, kodwa kunalokho kuyinhlanganisela yezimo zemvelo kanye nomcabango owakhiwe yisiko lokulandisa. Kodwa yilawo kanye amandla ezinganekwane: yize ingachazwa ngokwesayensi, indaba iyaqhubeka ngoba inikeza isimo sokwesaba kwabantu ukungaqiniseki kolwandle.
Kungani le nganekwane inamandla kangaka phakathi kwamatilosi?
Kwamatilosi asendulo, ulwandle lwaluyizwe eliyingozi: iziphepho zazifika ngaphandle kwesixwayiso, imikhumbi yayingacwila ngemizuzu embalwa, futhi ibanga eliphakathi kwamachweba lenza kube nzima ukusindisa. Ezimweni ezinjalo, izinganekwane zazisebenza “njengamamephu angokomzwelo”—indlela yokuqonda ingozi nokunikeza incazelo yenhlekelele.
I-Flying Dutchman iphinde isebenze njengesixwayiso sokuziphatha. Ukaputeni onenkani, onesibindi seziphepho, noma ongakunaki ukuphepha kweqembu lakhe, uba ngumuntu okhumbulekayo. Izindaba mayelana nemikhumbi ebhujisiwe zikhuthaza abantu ukuba bahloniphe imvelo, banamathele ezimisweni zokuziphatha, futhi bagweme ukunganaki. Emasikweni asezilwandle, izindaba ezinjalo zingaba ithuluzi eliphumelelayo lokuqondisa ngaphandle kwesidingo sencwadi yemithetho eminingi.
Kusukela ezinganekwaneni kuya ezincwadini nase-opera: Indoda Endizayo yaseDutch njengophawu
Inganekwane ye-Flying Dutchman yadlula ichweba yaba yingxenye yesiko elidumile laseYurophu. Enye yezindlela ezidumile kakhulu yi-opera kaRichard Wagner ethi Der fliegende Holländer (1843). Enguqulweni kaWagner, indaba iguqulwa ibe yinhlekelele yothando: ukaputeni ugwetshwa ukuhamba ngomkhumbi unomphela futhi angakhululwa kuphela uma owesifazane emthanda ngokwethembeka kuze kube sekufeni. Lapha, i-Flying Dutchman ayisesona isipoki nje esiletha ishwa, kodwa isidalwa esifuna ukuhlengwa.
Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, isihloko somkhumbi oqalekisiwe sesibe uphawu lwezinto eziningi: ukuzihlukanisa, isijeziso esingapheli, umuzwa wecala, kanye nokufuna insindiso. Abalobi abaningi basebenzise i-Flying Dutchman njengesifaniso sabantu abavaleleke ezinqumweni zabo zokuphila—“behamba” njalo ngezindilinga, belwela ukuthola ikhaya.
Uphawu lwakhe kumafilimu namasiko anamuhla
Enkathini yanamuhla, iFlying Dutchman ivele ngezindlela ezahlukene: amafilimu, amahlaya, uchungechunge, imidlalo, ngisho nezindaba zezingane. Isibonelo esisodwa esidumile ukubonakala kwayo ku-franchise yePirates of the Caribbean, eveza umkhumbi njengomkhumbi owesabekayo onezici ezinamandla zenganekwane. Nakuba ihlukile kunganekwane yakudala, lokhu kuguqulwa kubonisa into eyodwa: iFlying Dutchman "iyisikebhe sendaba" esiguquguqukayo. Kungaba ukwesaba, i-adventure, inhlekelele, noma isifaniso sokuziphatha.
Lokhu futhi kuchaza ukuthi kungani le nganekwane ingakaze iphele ngempela. Iyaqhubeka nokuvuselelwa ukuze ihlangabezane nezidingo zesikhathi, ngaphandle kokulahlekelwa yingqikithi yayo eyimfihlakalo.
Imfihlakalo ehlala njalo: phakathi kolwandle, inkungu, kanye nomcabango womuntu
Ingabe iFlying Dutchman yayikhona ngempela? Uma kungumkhumbi ongokoqobo, oqalekisiwe osahamba nanamuhla, ubufakazi obuphathekayo abukaze butholakale. Kodwa uma ukuba khona kwawo kuqondakala njengesenzakalo samasiko—indaba ezalwa okuhlangenwe nakho okuhlangene, ukwesaba, kanye nokumangala olwandle—khona-ke iFlying Dutchman ngokusobala “ingokoqobo” ngenye indlela.
Le nganekwane ihlala ikhona ngoba ithinta into ekhona yonke indawo: ukwesaba kwesintu imvelo engalawuleki, imiphumela yokuzikhukhumeza, kanye nomqondo wesijeziso esingapheli. Emkhathini omkhulu wolwandle, kunenkungu elenga phezu kwawo namagagasi eshaya isikebhe, kulula ukucabanga ngesimo somkhumbi omdala odlula buthule—isikhumbuzo sokuthi akuzona zonke izinkambo eziphela ngokuphephile, futhi akuzona zonke izimpilo ezithola indlela eya ekhaya.
Ekugcineni, imfihlakalo yeFlying Dutchman iyinhlanganisela enhle yomlando wasolwandle, inkohliso yemvelo, kanye namandla okuxoxa izindaba. Isifundisa ukuthi ulwandle alugcini nje ngokujula kwamanzi, kodwa futhi nokujula kwezinganekwane. Futhi uma nje abantu bebheka umkhathizwe ngelukuluku—nokwesaba okuncane—indaba yalo mkhumbi wezipoki izoqhubeka nokuhamba ngemicabango yethu.
