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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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religions regard certain rivers as the
originator of life. In
Yoruba religion,
Yemọja rules over the Ogun
River in modern-day
Nigeria and is
responsible for creating...
- example, Ogun
governs iron and war,
Oshun rules over love and rivers, and
Yemoja is ****ociated with
motherhood and the ocean.
Their symbols, offerings, and...
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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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relationships to
other orisha. Babalú-Ayé is
often considered the son of
Yemoja and the
brother of Shango. However, some
religious lineages maintain that...
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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...
- 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...
- Ifá
Agere Ifa Awo &
Ogberi Orisha, Imọlẹ̀, Ẹbọra Ọbàtálá Ọ̀sanyìn Ẹlẹ́gbà
Yemọja Olókun Ṣàngó Ọyá Ògún Ọbalúayé Ọ̀ṣun Ọ̀ṣọ́ọ̀sì Ọ̀rúnmìlà Aganjú Òṣùmàrè...
- 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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spiritual cosmology where the gods Ogun, Shango, Shakpana, Ọya, Oshun, and
Yemọja (and
other gods on her level) exist,
being as
respectively powerful compared...
