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Yemọja (also: Yemaja, Yemanjá, Yemoyá, Yemayá;
there are many
different transliterations in
other languages) is the
major water spirit from the Yoruba...
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thought to be the
offspring of the
prehistoric god
Obatala and his wife
Yemoja. Oya is
linked to acts of
creation and fertility,
perhaps in acknowledgment...
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relationships to
other orisha. Babalú-Ayé is
often considered the son of
Yemoja and the
brother of Shango. However, some
religious lineages maintain that...
- the Candomblé
religion of Brazil,
Olokun is
venerated as the
mother of
Yemoja and the
owner of the sea. She is
recognized in Candomblé terreiros, but...
- Oko
Olokun Olorun Osanyin Oshun Oshosi Oshumare Ori
Orunmila Oya
Shango Yemoja Osun
Huveane Tharu uThixo Qamata Hlakanyana Amagqirha Tikoloshe Hlakanyana...
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wives of Sango), Olokun, Oya (one of the
three wives of Sango), Esu, Ososi,
Yemoja,
Sopona etc.,
nonetheless it is a fact of
truth that they had all impacted...
- Oko
Oshumare Ọba Ọbatala Ọranyan Ọrunmila Ọsanyin Ọṣọọsi Ọṣun Ọya
Shango Yemọja Beliefs Aṣẹ
Ayagunna Cosmology Egbere Irunmọlẹ Ifá Ori Oriṣa
Practices Ajere...
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explains the
origins of
Gelede as
beginning with
Yemoja, the
Mother of all the
orisa and all
living things.
Yemoja could not have
children and
consulted an Ifa...
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writer Natasha Bowen, Mami Wata is one of the
seven creatures created by
Yemoja to
collect the soul of the dead
enslaved Africans and the lead character...
- Aje Oba
Olokun Orisa Oluwa Oshun Oya (Ọya-Iyansan)
Queen Oronsen Velekete Yemoja Zulu
Inkosikazi iNyanga Mamlambo Mbaba Mwana Waresa (Nomkhubulwane) Nomhoyi...
