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Asase Yaa: Asase Yaa is described as an old woman, linked to the other meaning of the name Asase Yaa; Old Mother Earth, and the other name Asase Yaa is known as, Aberewaa. [7] As such she is regarded as the Goddess of the barren places on earth [6] and the dead (she is the mother of the Dead). [8]
Iyami Aje are known by many praise names which include, but are not limited to, Iyami Osoronga, Awon Iya Wa (Our Mothers), [10] Eleye (Owner(s) of the Sacred Bird), Iyanla, Awon Agbalagba (The Wise and Formidable Elders), Elders of the Night, Old and Wise One(s), [4] the "Gods of Society," [11] Ayé (Earth), Yewájọbí (The Mother of All the Òrìṣà and All Living Things), [12] and ...
The three prayers date to Babylonia in the 10th or 11th century CE, [17] with the Mi Shebeirach —a Hebrew prayer—being a later addition to the other two, which are in Jewish Babylonian Aramaic. [18] It is derived from a prayer for rain, sharing a logic that as God has previously done a particular thing, so he will again. [19]
Healing Prayer for a Sick Friend. Lord, I'm grateful to be alive! Today, I will not ask for anything for myself. I just want to pray for my friend who is sick. May Your comfort be upon my friend's ...
The original, English-language piece that the central lines of Rutter's piece are directly excerpted from is a poem in the book The Dominion of Dreams: Under the Dark Star, [3] by Celtic Revival writer William Sharp / Fiona Macleod; while not containing the words "Jesus," or "Amen," [4] the poem does mention both "the Son of Peace" and "the ...
The volume contains 12 poems, five of which were previously published. Critic Richard Long called two of the previously published poems, "On the Pulse of Morning" and "A Brave and Startling Truth", Angelou's "public" poems. [1] She read "On the Pulse of Morning", her most famous poem, at the inauguration of President Bill Clinton in 1993. [2]
Hòutǔ (Chinese: 后土; lit. 'Queen of the Earth') or Hòutǔshén (后土神; 'Goddess Queen of the Earth'), also known as Hòutǔ Niángniáng (in Chinese either 厚土娘娘; 'Deep Earth Lady' or 后土娘娘; 'Earth Queen Lady'), otherwise called Dimǔ (地母; 'Mother Earth') or Dimǔ Niángniáng (地母娘娘; 'Lady Mother Earth'), is the deity of all land and earth in Chinese ...
Ibu Pertiwi is a popular theme in Indonesian patriotic songs and poems and was mentioned in several of them, such as the song "Ibu Pertiwi" and "Indonesia Pusaka".In the national anthem "Indonesia Raya", the lyrics "Jadi pandu ibuku" ("[is] the scout/guide to my mother") is a reference to Ibu Pertiwi as the metaphorical mother of the Indonesian people. [2]