Kebra Nagast: The Queen of Sheba and Her Son Menelik

An excerpt from the foundational scripture of the Solomonic dynasty of the emperors of Ethiopia, in the translation of Sir E.A. Wallis Budge.

And after he slept there appeared unto King Solomon in a dream a brilliant sun, and it came down from heaven and shed exceedingly great splendour over Israel. And when it had tarried there for a time it suddenly withdrew itself, and it flew away to the country of Ethiopia, and it shone there with exceedingly great brightness for ever, for it willed to dwell there.

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Republished here with thanks to In Parentheses.