E. S. Drower
British cultural anthropologist and philologist
E. S. Drower (Ethel Stefana Drower; 1 December 1879 – 27 January 1972) was a British cultural anthropologist, orientalist, and novelist known for her research on the Mandaean religion and culture.
Quotes about E. S. Drower edit
- When I was about 7 years old, I remember Lady Drower’s visit to our village (Litlata) in Kalaatsalah in the south of Iraq. All the people in the village celebrated and welcomed Lady Drower. And as a child we sat around her chair, which was woven of palm leaves. I remember seeing Lady Drower in the Mandaean temple, she was a beautiful, slim woman in her white dress and white hat. We saw her as an angel and studied her every move. She visited my uncle [Sheikh Negm bar Zahroon] from time to time.
- Abdelelah Khalaf al-Sebahi, the nephew of Sheikh Negm bar Zahroon, quoted in: Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2023). 1800 Years of Encounters with Mandaeans. Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press. pp. 43. ISBN 978-1-4632-4132-2.
