Amanirenas - History to meet the ancestors

Kandake (aka Queen) Amanirenas was a fierce, one-eyed warrior queen of Kush who defeated the emperor of the Roman superpower, Caesar.

Backstory to tell you about the characteristics of his spirit.

Consider these points when pouring libations or otherwise connecting with this ancestor. 

Kandake Amanirenas recognized that the Emperor Caesar had already conquered Egypt and would soon thereafter expand further South to also conquer Nubi (Northern regions of Africa, below Egypt). 

Her husband King had died in an earlier battle, leaving her to manage on her own. She needed to think swiftly and strategically because her army was much smaller than that of the Romans. Consequently, she planned a surprise attack against the Romans in Egypt. She did not even await their approach or attack. She lead her roughly 30,000 soldiers Northward for this attack with swords, bows and arrows, and won. In fact, the victory was so good that she captured 3 Roman cities.

Not surprisingly, the Roman emperor was angered and retaliated by invading Kush. The Romans destroyed an old capital and sold thousands of Kushites into slavery. Kandake Amanirenas counterattacked quickly and repeatedly. Her spirit was that of an unapologetic fighter. For instance, paintings suggest that she fed captives to her pet lion and used war elephants. In one of these battles, she lost her left eye. However, that did not stop her. As if arising out of a short autumn to winter hibernation, she continued fighting once healed. After 3 years of further battles, Amanirenas was able to force the Romans into a stalemate. At this point, she sent a peace treaty with terms that would assure the well being of her people which he signed before retreating, even from Egypt.

Overall, the battle between Caesar and Amanirenas lasted for 5 years. However, Caesar agreed to leave Egypt and leave Nubia alone.

Symbol ideas you may use for altars

• One-eyed. She only saw through her right eye because her left one had been blinded in battle with the Romans. CK. I find it oddly coincidental that the Egyptian Eye of the Sun god Ra symbol is usually depicted as the right eye and represents power, fury, and violence. Ra's eye, like Amanirenas' remaining eye, symbolizes power, fury and violence. I would add laser focus. Amanirenas’ ability to succeed her entire family that consisted of only males was likely responsible for her being described (by European scholars) as masculine. While this description was likely a butthurt, her energy was necessarily masculine. It is coincidentally significant that she succeeded her husband and sons who had died in battle. Again this parallels the way that Ra sent his daughter to punish his disrespectful followers. In short, the one-eye symbology also embodies the mission of Ra’s daughter.
• Bundle of golden arrows symbolizes the kandake's brilliant achievement of peaceful resolution, albeit with defiance. When she had stalemated the Romans, leaving them unable to advance in their attack against her (new) capital, she sent a peace treaty with a bundle of arrows. The defiant message read "This gift is from the Kandake. If you want peace, this is a token of her warmth and friendship. But if you want war, keep the arrows because you are going to need them." (As typical of her people, she was an archer).
• 3 cities (she captured three major Roman cities). Somewhat like the biblical story of Gideon, the repetition of the psychic number 3 might suggest that she accepted a spiritual calling and was consequently granted supernatural intervention because, like Gideon, her army was considerably smaller and, ordinarily a huge mis-match against the opponent. Other mentions of 3 include the length of her reign, 30 years.

Other general details.

• Her full title was Kandake Amnirense Qore Li Kdwe Li. She lived in the 1st century BC and ascended the throne in her early 20s and bore 2 sons with her husband king (likely Emperor Terigetas).
• Amani (as a name or name prefix) pays homage to the kandake. Several successors adopted her name ‘Amani’ in their titles like Queens Amanishakheto (10 BCE – 1 CE) and Amanitore (1CE – 25CE).
• She died in her 50s.
• Kush is modern-day Sudan.
• The description of her being a masculine woman unsurprisingly came from a Greek scholar, Strabo. This continues to be the butthurt of white supremacy when faced with black women who resist and win against European imperialist antics. Afterall, she had succeeded her entire immediate royal family that consisted of only male relatives. Besides, she never remarried after her husband's death. Regardless, as the study of the hermetic principle of gender shows, masculine energy has little to do with the male gender. It is therefore fitting to commend her for knowing when and how to use masculine energy.

CONTENT RELATED TO HISTORY TO MEET THE ANCESTOR KANDAKE AMANIRENAS

• Series: Meet the Ancestors (an introduction to some noteworthy ancestors that include Marcus Garvey, the Kush Kandake Amanirenas, Ken Saro Wiwa and more)
• Working with the ancestors
• Libations
• Setting up an altar

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