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This is a large round silver colored metal fan for Yemaya that would look stunning on her altar. It will take pride of place and is highly polished and hand made. Omi O! it could also be used for Olokun, Olosa, and other water orishas. It is 13 inches long. Great quality, brand new handmade. We have a matching brass one for Oshun, Erinle, and Logun ede, and a pure copper one for Oya / Oba / Yewa. Exclusive to us. Check out our other amazing tools and more on the way!
Yemọja (also: Yemaja, Yemanjá, Yemoyá, Yemayá; there are many different transliterations in other languages) is a major water spirit from the Yoruba religion.[1] She is the mother of all Orishas. She is an orisha, in this case patron spirit of rivers, particularly the Ogun River in Nigeria, and oceans in AfroAtlantic and Brazilian orisa religions. She is often syncretized with either Our Lady of Regla in the Afro-Caribbean diaspora or various other Virgin Mary figures of the Catholic Church, a practice that emerged during the era of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. Yemọja is said to be motherly and strongly protective, and to care deeply for all her children, comforting them and cleansing them of sorrow. She is said to be able to cure infertility in women, and cowrie shells represent her wealth. She does not easily lose her temper, but when angered she can be quite destructive and violent, as the flood waters of turbulent rivers.
Yemọja is often depicted as a mermaid, and is associated with the moon (in some diaspora communities), water, and feminine mysteries. She is the protector of women. She governs everything pertaining to women; parenting, child safety, love, and healing. According to myth, when her waters broke, it caused a great flood creating rivers and streams and the first mortal humans were created from her womb.
Yoruba: Yemọja, Yemaja, Iyemọja, Yemọnja, Iyemọnja, Iyemẹja or Yemẹja in some Yorùbá dialect variants
Portuguese phonetic spellings of Brazil: Yemanjá, Iemanjá, Janaína, Mãe da Água
Spanish phonetic spelling of Lucumi, Puerto Rico, and other Spanish speaking countries: Yemojá, Yemayá, Yemallá>
French terms for mermaid spirits: La Sirène, Mère de L'Eau
Pidgin/Creole Languages: Mami Wata
Trinidad Orisha: Yemonjá
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