Kiʻi ʻApelika o ke kupuna wahine

KUPUNAWAHINE

Ma ʻApelika Komohana, ua hōʻike ʻia ka makuahine ma ke ʻano he wahine me nā umauma nui e noho ana ma luna o kahi noho. No ka noi ʻana i ke akua no ka hōʻiliʻili waiwai a me nā keiki he nui, ʻo ka poʻe i komo i ka ʻaha i ka wā o ka huakaʻi pō i pā i ka honua.

I ka wā kahiko, hoʻomana ʻia nā akua makuahine ma nā ʻāina āpau o ʻApelika ma ka hema o ka Sahara. Aneane ma na wahi apau ua like loa keia mau manao. I loko o ka manaʻo o ka poʻe, he wahine mana ka makuahine me nā umauma nui, nāna e hānai i kāna mau keiki. ʻOkoʻa nā moʻolelo a me nā kaʻao e pili ana i kēia akua wahine ma nā ʻohana like ʻole. Ma Ewe, ma Togo, no ka laʻana, ʻōlelo lākou he pono e kipa ka ʻuhane o kahi keiki ma mua o ka hānau ʻana i kahi o "humanization", ka ʻāina ʻo Amedzofe. Ma laila, ma ke kuahiwi, ma ke kikowaena o Togo, ke ola nei ka ʻuhane o ka makuahine nāna e aʻo i ka ʻano maikaʻi i kēlā me kēia keiki e hānau ʻia ana.

ʻO nā Dogons ma Mali ka mamo mai kahi akua lani i noho i hoʻokahi pō me ke akua wahine o ka honua, a ma hope iho ua hānau ʻo ia i nā māhoe. 

Source: "Symbols of Africa" ​​​​Heike Ovuzu

Ma ka'āina Yoruba, ma Nigeria, a hiki i kēia lā, mahaloʻia ke akua wahine o ka'āina,ʻo Oduduva, nona ka inoaʻo "ʻO ia ka mea nāna i hana i nā mea ola a pau." Hōʻike ʻia ke akua wahine ma ke ʻano he mea mua o ka honua. Me kāna kāne ʻo Obatalo, ua hana ʻo ia i ka honua a me nā mea ola a pau.

ʻO ke akua wahine o ka ʻāina ʻo Muso Kuroni, ka mea i mahalo ʻia e ka Bambara ma Mali, ua like ia me ke akua wahine India o nā ululāʻau, ʻo Kali-Parvati. Ma hope o kona hui ʻana me ke akua lā ʻo Pemba, nāna i komo i loko ona me kona mau aʻa ma ke ʻano kumu lāʻau, ua hānau ʻo ia i nā holoholona a pau, nā kānaka a me nā mea kanu. Hōʻike ʻia kona helehelena ma nā ʻano like ʻole, Ma waena o nā mea ʻē aʻe, ʻike ʻia ʻo ia ma ke ʻano o ka leopadi ʻeleʻele-Go, ʻoiai ʻo ia ke akua wahine o ka pōʻeleʻele, me ʻelua mau maiuu āna i hopu ai iā Li-Dei me ka manaʻo ʻole, e hoʻokau i ka wahine, a hoʻopuka ʻo trimming-Nie Wu i nā keikikāne a me nā kaikamahine, ma o kēia hana ʻana, pono lākou e hoʻokuʻu iā lākou iho mai kā lākou hana ʻino.

Source: "Symbols of Africa" ​​​​Heike Ovuzu