of the priests of Yemọja believe that she used her fresh water to help Ọbàtálá in the molding of human beings out of clay. Yemọja is often depicted as...
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instructed to offer food and beverages as sacrifices to Oya on a riverbank. Yemọja - a mother goddess; patron deity of women and of the Ogun river Yemowo -...
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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...
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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...
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genus is known from only one species, I. palma. This fish is named after Yemọja, water spirit in Brazilian mythology. With length up to 60 cm (24 in), it...
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oldest pre-dynastic traditions of it being associated with Oba Tala, Sango, Yemoja, Oduduwa, Orunmila and a host of primordial beings believed to have descended...
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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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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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Ethnic group Igbo Land southern Nigeria Consort Amadioha Equivalents Roman equivalent Juno • Ceres Bakongo equivalent Nzambici Yoruba equivalent Yemọja...
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