Menelik I
Menelik I ምኒልክ | |
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king list) | |
Born | c.1000 B.C. |
Dynasty | House of Solomon |
Father | King Solomon |
Mother | Queen of Sheba |
Menelik I (
Life
According to the medieval Ethiopian book, the
According to one Ethiopian tradition, Menelik was born at Mai-Bela near the village of Addi-Shmagle, located north west of Asmara,[10] in Eritrea.
Dynasty
According to legend, Menelik I founded the Solomonic dynasty of Ethiopia that ruled Ethiopia with few interruptions for close to three thousand years. This ended 225 generations later, with the deposition of Emperor Haile Selassie in 1974. Historical records show that the Solomonic dynasty was restored, based on the traditional narrative, in 1262 AD, when Yekuno Amlak, who claimed descent from biblical Solomon and Sheba, overthrew the last ruler of the Zagwe dynasty, dismissing them as not of "the house of Israel" (i.e., of Solomon).[11] and re-established the Solomonic Dynasty in 1270 AD.[12] Acts 8:26–40 depicts a 1st century account of a eunuch of Candace, Queen of Ethiopians on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, encountering Saint Philip in Samaria.[13]
Popular culture
Much tourist art in Ethiopia depicts the narrative about Menelik I in a series of panels, 44 scenes, eleven for each of four lines.[14][15] The story depicted on them is the oral version (beginning with a backstory on Sheba and including an Ethiopian maid who also becomes pregnant by Solomon), not the medieval text version.
2004 short documentary, Menelik I, was filmed in Ethiopia. It tells the story of the son of the Queen of Sheba through tableau images and music.[16]
Tomb
A site known as the tomb of Menelik I is located 2 Kilometres west of Axum.[17] A German expedition in 1906 discovered walls and a room at the site.[17] The clergy of Axum collected bones that were alleged to belong to Menelik I and placed them in the Axum Sion Cathedral.[17]
Ark of the Covenant
According to Ethiopian tradition, the
See also
- Menelik II of Ethiopia
- Ark of the Covenant
- Kebra Negast
- List of legendary monarchs of Ethiopia
Notes
- ^ The dates included on Tafari Makannon's king list follow the Ethiopian calendar. According to Charles Fernand Rey, the Gregorian date equivalent would be 7 or 8 years ahead.[1]
References
- ^ a b C. F. Rey, In the Country of the Blue Nile (1927), Camelot Press, London, pg. 263
- ^ C. F. Rey, In the Country of the Blue Nile (1927), Camelot Press, London, pg. 266
- ^ Budge, E. A. Wallis (1928). A History of Ethiopia: Nubia and Abyssinia (Volume 1). London: Methuen & Co. p. 229.
- ^ Marrassini, Paolo. 2007. "Kəbrä Nägäśt." In Encyclopaedia Aethiopica: He-N: Vol. 3, edited by Siegbert Uhlig, 364-368. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
- Fiaccadori, Gianfranco. 2007. "Mənilək I." In Encyclopaedia Aethiopica: He-N: Vol. 3, edited by Siegbert Uhlig, 921-922. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
- ^ Bezold, Carl. 1905. Kibra negest , die Kerrlichkeit der Könige: Nach den Handschriften in Berlin, London, Oxford und Paris. München: K.B. Akademie der Wissenschaften.
- ^ Anonymous. 1932. The Queen of Sheba and Her Only son Menyelek ... A Complete Translation of the Kebra Nagast. Translated by E. A. Wallis Budge. 2nd ed. London: Oxford University Press.
- ^ Hubbard, David Allan. 1957. "The Literary Sources of the Kebra Nagast."PhD diss, University of St. Andrews.
- Semitic language spoken in Ethiopia) in origin, and has two meanings:[1]
- "Son of the wise man"
- "What will he send?"
- ^ Budge, E. A. Wallis (1928). A History of Ethiopia: Nubia and Abyssinia (Volume 1). London: Methuen & Co. p. 200.
- JSTOR 43660191. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
- ^ "Zagwe dynasty | Ethiopian history".
- ^ "Acts 8 NIV - - Bible Gateway".
- ^ "The Story of the Queen of Sheba". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2020-01-06.
- S2CID 57561543.
- YouTube
- ^ a b c d e f Selassie, Sergew Hable (1972). Ancient and Medieval Ethiopian History to 1270. Addis Ababa. p. 41.
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