This paper tackles the Big Mother, Ushtar, and her embodiment in old thinking
and Arab imagination in the form of a flower and al-Uiza. The paper has monitored her
white face in Jahili poetry at a time when it was fertile land for sex and entertainment.
At another time, her face was black and a godess of war, death and destruction. The
researcher relied on ancient inscriptions and old texts and compared them with what
classical Arabic has preserved of them. In so doing, Arabic has safeguarded noble
heritage. Poetry texts were evidence of this. The researcher also offered an
interpretation of poetic images, tribal Jahili rituals which nurtured their roots. He also
deep rooted the most precious of Jahili values and ideals; woman, wine, Knighthood,
and linked them with their religious origins associated with the Big Mother. The woman
became a symbol for the flower as she was a symbol for the sun. This clearly shows the
difference in between the religion of the South Arabs and that of the North Arabs and
their overlapping later on, which was supported by historical studies.

Title

مجلة النجاح للابحاث

Publisher

An-Najah National University

Publisher Country

Palestine

Publication Type

Prtinted only

Volume

15

Year

2001

Pages

143-190