Yemọja (also: Yemaja, Yemanjá, Yemoyá, Yemayá; there are many different transliterations in other languages) is the major water spirit from the Yoruba...

respectively. Ewe-Fon culture. Yemaja - Mother of all life on earth. Yoruba culture. Aganju - Twin and husband of Yemaja Ibeji - Twins of joy and happiness...

Shango is associated with lightning and fire. Another prominent oricha is Yemaja, the deity associated with maternity, fertility, and the sea. Ochún is the...

religion, Orungan was the son of Yemaja and Aganju. He ravished his mother once, and as he tried a second time, Yemaja fell and burst open, whereupon the...

leading up to New Year's on December 31 the traditional processions honoring Yemaja begin here. The famous party of Réveillon or New Year's Eve in Copacabana...

incorporate elements which indicate the initiate's tutelary oricha; devotees of Yemajá for instance usually include omí ("water") in their name, while those of...

House My Father Built. Maja-Pearce runs an editorial services agency called Yemaja, as well as a small publishing company, The New Gong. Maja-Pearce has written...

Dlo, a native water goddess. The Antillean equivalent of Mami Wata and Yemaja. Le Conteur, the narrator, a traditional Antillean storyteller. This character...

October 2, 2009. Retrieved February 21, 2020. "Testimonio de un ritual: Yemajá". BBC News Mundo (in Spanish). February 2, 2011. Retrieved February 21,...