Princeton Ethiopian, Eritrean, and Egyptian Miracles of Mary (PEMM)

The Princeton Ethiopian, Eritrean, and Egyptian Miracles of Mary (PEMM) project is a comprehensive resource for the 1,000+ miracle stories written about and the 2,500+ images painted of the Virgin Mary in these African countries, and preserved in Geʿez between 1300 and the present. PEMM began in March 2018 to catalog and translate the Ethiopian compilation Over five years, PEMM has created a database with over 2,015,000 pieces of painstakingly collected data about representations of the world's most storied person and the power of one woman to heal the world and deliver justice. In 2023, PEMM officially launched public facing website, pemm.princeton.edu. The project is aimed at creating a resource for all students and scholars interested in folklore and to the Ethiopian Orthodox Church community. It provides Ethiopians with digital access to their patrimony, while raising general awareness about the beauty, breadth, and variety of these vital works of early African literature.