Open AccessSome Ethiopian Historical Poems
Author(s) -
Reidulf Knut Molvaer
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
aethiopica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2194-4024
pISSN - 1430-1938
DOI - 10.15460/aethiopica.9.1.245
Subject(s) - poetry , praise , blame , literature , relation (database) , history , philosophy , art , psychology , social psychology , database , computer science
It has been common to compose short poems in relation to various memorable events or situations in the lives of Ethiopian rulers. A very few rulers also composed such poems themselves, TéwodrosII being one of them. The poems in this article cover the reigns from TéwodrosII to Hayle-SillaséI (with one brief omission: the rule of Tekle-Gïyorgïs, 1868–1872). Poems of ridicule and blame are as common as poems of praise. ATTENTION: Due to copy-right no online publication is provided.