Asclepius ndi mulungu wakuchiritsa ku Girisi wakale, ndipo ku Rome amatchedwa Aesculapius. Bambo ake ndi Apollo, ndipo amayi ake ndi nymph Koronida, amene adaphedwa chifukwa cha chiwonongeko. Pali maulosi ambiri a kubadwa kwa Asclepius. Malingana ndi wina wa iwo, Koronida adamuberekera ndipo adamusiya kumapiri. Mwanayo anapezeka ndi kudyetsedwa ndi mbuzi, ndipo akuyang'anira galu wake. Njira ina - Apolo anatenga mulungu wamtsogolo wamachiritso kuchokera ku Coronides asanafe. Anapatsa mwanayo ku Chiron centaur. Ndi chifukwa cha nzeru zake kuti Asclepius adakhala dokotala.
Zokhudza mulungu wa mankhwala ndi machiritso
Asclepius nthawi zambiri ankasonyezedwa ngati munthu wokalamba wamwamuna ndi ndevu. Mu dzanja lake iye amagwira antchito, omwe ali atazungulira njoka, yomwe ikuyimira kubweranso kwamuyaya kwa moyo. Mwa njira, chikhumbo ichi ndi chizindikiro cha mankhwala ndi lero.
Pali nthano zingapo zogwirizana ndi njoka iyi. Malingana ndi wina wa iwo, ndi chizindikiro cha kubweranso kwa moyo. Palinso nthano yosangalatsa yomwe mulungu wamachiritso Asclepius adamuitanira ku Minos kudzaukitsa mwana wake Glaucus. Pa antchito adawona njoka ndikumupha. Pambuyo pake, njoka ina inaonekera, pakamwa pake panali udzu. Ndi chithandizo chake, njokayo inaukitsidwa, inaphedwa. Mulungu anagwiritsa ntchito udzu ndikubweretsanso Glaucus. Pambuyo pake, njokayo inakhala chizindikiro chachikulu kwa Asclepius.
Chifukwa cha ntchito zake zabwino, adakhala wosafa. Polemekeza mulungu wamachiritso wachi Greek ndi Aroma, mafano ndi akachisi osiyanasiyana adalengedwa, momwe zipatala zinalili nthawi zonse. Asclepius ankadziwa mankhwala onse a zomera padziko lapansi. Iye anali ndi mphamvu yokha kuchiritsa matenda, komanso kuukitsa akufa. Ndi chifukwa cha ichi kuti milungu yaikulu ya Olympus, Zeus ndi Hades, siinamukondere. Ndiyeneranso kutchula za mphamvu za opaleshoni za Asclepius. Anapeza zotsutsana ndi zilonda zosiyana siyana, ndipo adatchuka chifukwa chogwiritsa ntchito poizoni pochiza matenda ambiri.