| 词条 | Asase Ya | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| name = Asase Ya | image = | caption = | title = Earth Goddess | spouse =Nyame | spouse-type = Husband | occupation = Goddess of the Ashanti people 🇬🇭 ethnic group | issue = Tano Bia Bosomtwe Anansi }}Asase Ya (or Asase Yaa, Asaase Yaa, Asaase Afua;[1] is the Earth goddess of fertility[2] of the Ashanti people ethnic group of Ashanti City-State of Ghana.[3] She is also known as Mother Earth or Aberewaa.[4] Asase Yaa is the wife of Nyame the Sky deity, who created the universe.[5] Asase Yaa gave birth to the two children, Bea and Tano.[2][3] Bea is also named Bia.[2][3] Asase Yaa is also the mother of Anansi, the trickster, and divine stepmother of the sacred high chiefs.[2][3] Asase Yaa is very powerful, though no temples are dedicated to her, instead she is worshipped in the agricultural fields of Ashanti City-State.[2][3] Asase Yaa's favoured Ashanti people are occupationally Ashanti workers in the agricultural fields and planet Jupiter is her symbol.[2][3] Asase Yaa WorshipThe Ashanti people of Ashanti City-State regard Asase Ya as Mother Earth, the earth goddess of fertility, the upholder of truth, and the creator Goddess who comes to fetch Ashanti people's souls to the otherworld (Planet Jupiter) at the time of death.[16][17][18][19] She is credited as being the nurturer of the earth and is considered to provide sustenance for all.[6] When a member of the Ashanti people ethnic group wants to prove his (or her) credibility, he (or her) touches his (or her) lips to the soil of Ashanti City-State and recites the Asase Ya Prayer-Poem.[16][17][18][19] Another tradition holds that because Thursday is reserved as Asase Ya's day, the Ashanti people generally abstain from tilling the land of Ashanti City-State on that day.[7][8][9][10] Asase Ya Prayer-Poem
The Abosom in the Americas(Jamaica)Worship of the Asase Ya goddess was transported via the transatlantic slave trade and was documented to had been acknowledged by enslaved Akan or Coromantee living in Jamaica.[13][32] Jamaican slave owners did not believe in Christianity for the Coromantee and left them to their own beliefs.[13][32] Hence an Ashanti spiritual system was dominant on the plantation.[13][32] According to Jamaican historian and slave owner Edward Long, creole descendants of the Ashanti coupled with other newly arrived Coromantee joined in observation and worship of the Ashanti goddess Asase Yaa (the English people recorded erroneously as 'Assarci').[13][32] They showed their worship by pouring libations and offering up harvested foods.[13][32] Other Ashanti Abosom were also reported to be worshipped.[13][32] This was the only deity spiritual system on the island, as other deities identities in the 18th century was obliterated because of the large population of enslaved Coromantee in Jamaica, according to Edward Long and other historians who observed their slaves.[13][14] See also
References1. ^Historical dictionary of women in Sub-Saharian Africa. Author: Kathleen E Sheldon. {{Ashanti topics|expanded}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Ya, Asase}}2. ^1 2 3 4 5 African Traditional Religion in Biblical Perspective by Richard J. Gehman 3. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite book |title=Who's who in non-classical mythology |author1=Egerton Sykes |author2=Alan Kendall |year=2001 |publisher=Routledge |location= |isbn=978-0-415-26040-4 |page=144 |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=xlRaVT1DOW8C&pg=PA146&dq=%22Ashanti+mythology%22&cd=1#v=onepage&q=Ashanti&f=false |accessdate=2010-05-24}} 4. ^{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ax0FxTUykP4C&pg=PA148&dq=akan+religion&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjO5Ybx4dPPAhWEPz4KHc3CCIsQ6AEIIzAB#v=snippet&q=Asase&f=false|title=The Quest for Spiritual Transformation: Introduction to Traditional Akan Religion, Rituals and Practices|last=Opokuwaa|first=Nana Akua Kyerewaa|date=2005-01-01|publisher=iUniverse|isbn=9780595350711|language=en}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.royalark.net/Zambia/lozi2.htm|title= Family tree of Litungas|work=royalark.net}} 6. ^{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ax0FxTUykP4C&pg=PA148&dq=akan+religion&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjO5Ybx4dPPAhWEPz4KHc3CCIsQ6AEIIzAB#v=snippet&q=Asase&f=false|title=The Quest for Spiritual Transformation: Introduction to Traditional Akan Religion, Rituals and Practices|last=Opokuwaa|first=Nana Akua Kyerewaa|date=2005-01-01|publisher=iUniverse|isbn=9780595350711|language=en}} 7. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=https://journeyingtothegoddess.wordpress.com/2012/04/15/goddess-asase-yaa/ |title=Goddess Asase Yaa|work=journeyingtothegoddess|date=2011-04-12|accessdate=2016-02-25}} 8. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2066721_2066724_2066705,00.html |title=Top 10 Earth Goddesses: Asase Yaa|author=Frances Romero|work=time.com|publisher=Time|date=2011-04-22|accessdate=2016-02-25}} 9. ^1 2 {{cite journal |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=OturV0aQa-IC&pg=PA49&lpg=PA49&dq=asase+yaa+touch+lips+ashanti&source=bl&ots=eavcEauG1u&sig=0EbTu5PHmXumdZai4vQ52vudHFU&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=asase%20yaa%20touch%20lips%20ashanti&f=false|format=google |first=Julie |last=Loar |title=Goddesses for Every Day: Exploring the Wisdom & Power of the Divine Feminine |volume= |year=2010 |number= 1/1 |pages= 149}} 10. ^1 2 {{cite journal |url= https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=7NnzwjV8u_UC&pg=PP51&lpg=PP51&dq=asase+yaa+touch+lips+ashanti&source=bl&ots=XfYEqlb2Qt&sig=x5ebToc-lQqeiL68-ZEKLMgggA4&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=asase%20yaa%20touch%20lips%20ashanti&f=false|first=Michelle |last=Skye |title=Goddess Aloud!: Transforming Your World Through Rituals & Mantras |volume= |year=2010 |number= 1/1 |pages= 39}} 11. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.stlawu.edu/gallery/education/f/09textiles/adinkra_symbols.pdf |title=Adinkra - Cultural Symbols of the Asante people|author=Valentina A. Tetteh|type=PDF|page=9|work=stlawu.edu|publisher=St. Lawrence University| date=22 April 2006|accessdate=2016-02-25}} 12. ^{{cite web|url=http://paganandproudofit.com/Asase-Yaa.html |title=Prayer Poam for the Goddess Asase Yaa|work=paganandproudofit.com|accessdate=2016-02-25}} 13. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{cite web|url=http://www.sacred-texts.com/afr/ppj/ppj001.htm |title=Chapter I: Ashanti Cultural Influence In Jamaica|work=sacred-texts.com|accessdate=2016-02-25}} 14. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QLw_AAAAcAAJ&dq=edward%20long%20coromantee&pg=PA446#v=onepage&q&f=false |format=google |first=Edward |last=Long |title=The History of Jamaica Or, A General Survey of the Ancient and Modern State of that Island: With Reflexions on Its Situation, Settlements, Inhabitants, Climate, Products, Commerce, Laws, and Government |volume=2 |year=1774 |number= 3/4 |pages= 445–475}} 4 : Ashanti people|African goddesses|Fertility goddesses|Earth goddesses |
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