Earth Mother
Khasi · deity · primordial · Recorded classification
Earth-mother deity, mother (with U Basa) of the sun Ka Sngi and the moon U Bnai. Central to Khasi eco-spirituality as the 'Eternal Mother' the descended clans must steward. 'Ka' is the feminine article; 'Mei' = mother. Latin (Khasi Roman) orthography.
Children
Domains
- earth and the land
- motherhood and guardianship
Powers
- sustain and guard the earth and its life
Epithets
- Ka Mei Ramew Mother Earth; the great goddess who sustains the livingKhasi ethnography (P. R. T. Gurdon, The Khasis) (secondary)
Relations
- spouse: World-Guardian Consort of the Earth-Mother
- ancestor of: SunEarth-mother Ka Mei Ramew, with U Basa, is mother of the sun Ka Sngi and moon U Bnai; both children already register her, mirrored as ancestor-of to keep their deity tier.Mawrie, H. O., 'The Khasi Milieu' (1981); Gurdon, P. R. T., 'The Khasis' (1907) (secondary)
- ancestor of: MoonU Bnai (moon) is son of the earth-mother Ka Mei Ramew and brother of the sun Ka Sngi; recorded as ancestor-of to preserve his deity tier.Gurdon, P. R. T., 'The Khasis' (1907); Mawrie, H. O., 'The Khasi Milieu' (1981) (secondary)
Sources
- Ka Mei Ramew (Ka Ramew) is the Khasi earth-mother, guardian spirit of the Earth, created with her husband U Basa; the seven human clans were sent down to care for her.: P. R. T. Gurdon, The Khasis, Macmillan, 1907 (ethnography)