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progenitrix

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progenitrix
n (form) → Vorfahrin f, → Ahne f
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In the classic Heian period, the court would travel to Ise to visit the shrine to the Sun Goddess and imperial progenitrix Amaterasu.
Kyoto pilgrimage past and present by Winfield, Pamela D. / Cross Currents
Plot-elements are counters that Haywood deploys to work particular effects in readers: it is unconvincing to read them as consciously manipulated ideological positions and to draw conclusions such as this: The Triumph of Fortitude further invites us to understand Haywood as an early progenitrix of all those who reject the dream that heterosexual marriage will one day incorporate autonomous maternal authority, and who choose instead to dream of maternal empowerment through female community.
The Politics of Motherhood: British Writing and Culture, 1680-1760 ... by Hammond, Brean S. / Yearbook of English Studies
 
 
 
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