| Queen CalifIa |
| This is our most admired piece of art in our image server |
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| [more from the author: TheArthur Wright] |
| California is the only state in the union named after a goddess- and a black one at that [more] |
| TheArthur and others have been engaged in a campaign to have this history taught in California classrooms [more] |
| The Mandate of Califia |
| Heed me, Land of the West! I am your Mother! My breasts are heavy with sweet life, Ye shall not want. Thy enemies are mine, My warriors I set upon them, Their menace made void. Be of good cheer, Life is abundant And again I say, Thou shalt not want. I abideth not Abominations For my life is filled with Comely things. Heed, Land of Golden Sands And bounty without end. I, Califia, loves you Throughout your generations And Forever will I Guard over You. Heed, California, I Shall Not Speak Again... |
| Califia, from mural painted in 1926 by Maynard Dixon @ Mark Hopkins Hotel |
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| Queen Calafia is common knowledge among professors of medieval literature. |
| Queen Califia's land was an island paradise where mythical creatures such as man-eating griffins roamed free, gold and other riches were abundant and the Queen's tribe of amazon warriors rarely had time for men. |
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| 'Know that, on the right hand of the Indies there is an island called California very near to the Terrestrial Paradise, which was peopled with black women, without any men among them, because they were accustomed to live after the fashion of Amazons. They were of strong and hardened bodies, of ardent courage, and of great force. The island was the strongest in the world, from its steep rocks and great cliffs. Their arms were all of gold; and so were the caparisons of the wild beasts which they rode, after having tamed them; for in all the Island there is no other metal. They lived in caves very well worked out; they had many ships, in which they sailed to other parts to carry on their forays." |
| "Sergas de Esplandian," by Garcia Ordouez de Montalvo, Chapter 157 printed first in 1510 reprinted 1519, 1521, 1525 and 1526 A very popular romance novel in its day |
| The name California was given by Cortes, when he discovered the Baja California peninsula in 1535. |
| Will Condoleeza be returning to Stanford U? |
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Idyossey- Chapter 12: Black Goddess @thebushiad.com |