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...

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 -...

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...

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...

Oko Oshumare Ọba Ọbatala Ọranyan Ọrunmila Ọsanyin Ọṣọọsi Ọṣun Ọya Shango Yemọja Beliefs Aṣẹ Ayagunna Cosmology Egbere Irunmọlẹ Ifá Ori Oriṣa Practices Ajere...

spiritual cosmology where the gods Ogun, Shango, Shakpana, Ọya, Oshun, and Yemọja (and other gods on her level) exist, being as respectively powerful compared...

Ethnic group Igbo Land southern Nigeria Consort Amadioha Equivalents Roman equivalent Juno • Ceres Bakongo equivalent Nzambici Yoruba equivalent Yemọja...

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...

Oko Oshumare Ọba Ọbatala Ọranyan Ọrunmila Ọsanyin Ọṣọọsi Ọṣun Ọya Shango Yemọja Beliefs Aṣẹ Ayagunna Cosmology Egbere Irunmọlẹ Ifá Ori Oriṣa Practices Ajere...

Oko Olokun Olorun Osanyin Oshun Oshosi Oshumare Ori Orunmila Oya Shango Yemoja Osun Huveane Tharu uThixo Qamata Hlakanyana Amagqirha Tikoloshe Hlakanyana...