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  Mbaba Mwana Waresa
Mbaba Mwana Waresa is a beloved goddess of the Zulu people of Southern Africa, primarily because she gave them the gift of beer.
She is the goddess of the rainbow, rain, harvest, and agriculture.
Article "Mbaba Mwana Waresa" created on 28 August 1999; last modified on 05 April 2001 (Revision 2).
www.pantheon.org /articles/m/mbaba_mwana_waresa.html   (70 words)

  
 Alibris: Zulu
The rain goddess Mbaba Mwana Waresa is lonely and so she goes down to earth in search of a mortal husband.
She transforms herself into sunshine, clouds, and rain showers and travels from village to village in search of the perfect mate.
Will Mbaba Mwana Waresa find a man worthy enough to become the husband...
www.alibris.com /search/books/subject/Zulu/page/5&matches=302   (718 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Marriage of the Rain Goddess: A South African Myth: Books: Margaret Olivia Wolfson,Clifford Alexander Parms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Ripe with imagery and insights into South African culture, this expanded version of a Zulu myth is told with a natural ease.
Mbaba Mwana Waresa, the rain goddess, chooses Thandiwe to be her companion.
But because Thandiwe is a mortal, he must first be tested.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1841482331?v=glance   (724 words)

  
 Creation Myth Series, Page 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
I saw her first in a dream and painted her.
Three years later I found out that she was Mbaba Mwana Waresa, rain goddess of the Zulu people.
This painting has been printed in "In Watercolor: People" published by Rockport Publishers.
www.angelfire.com /biz2/surrealitycheck/pageCM1.html   (160 words)

  
 Amazon.com: The Storyteller's Goddess: Tales of the Goddess and Her Wisdom from Around the World: Books: Carolyn ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
CAPs: Changing Woman, Sun Woman, Mbaba Mwana Waresa, Spider Grandmother, Amaterasu Omikami (more)
We live in a culture accustomed to the mental act of splitting.
Changing Woman, Sun Woman, Mbaba Mwana Waresa, Spider Grandmother, Amaterasu Omikami, Kuan Yin, Sun Daughter, Evil One, Mother Zorya, Merlin Stone, Ancient Mirrors of Womanhood, Maiden Zorya, Shapash the Sun, Three Zoryas, Queen Inanna, Water Monster, Common Era, Dagdu the Sun, Ghost Country, United States, Greece Introduction, Guiding Star, Old Testament
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1569246483?v=glance   (1234 words)

  
 Amazon.fr :  The Storyteller's Goddess: Tales of the Goddess and Her Wisdom from Around the World : Livres en ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Maya, Masked Woman of the Primordial Void (India)
Mbaba Mwana Waresa, Great Rain Mother of All (Zulu)
The First Woman and the Gift of the Moon
www.amazon.fr /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/english-books/1569246483/contents   (249 words)

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