Yemoja

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Yemoja is a major Yoruba water deity revered as a nurturing mother figure and protector associated with rivers, fertility, and the sea.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Yemoja canonical 4
Iemanjá 2
Yemayá 2

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Yoruba deity
deity
water deity
alsoKnownAs Yemoja
surface form: Iemanjá

Yemoja
surface form: Yemanjá

Yemoja
surface form: Yemayá

Yemoja
surface form: Yemọja
associatedConcept childbirth
divination
family protection
fertility of women
healing
associatedWith fertility
motherhood
oceans
protection
rivers
sea
water
colorAssociation blue
white
culture Yoruba people
domain oceans
rivers
seas
waters
element water
familyRole mother of many orishas
gender female
presentIn Candomblé
Santería
Umbanda
Vodou traditions
religion Yoruba religion
role nurturing mother figure
protector
symbol fish
moon
seashells
water
typeOf orisha
veneratedIn Benin
Brazil
Cuba
Haiti
Nigeria
Togo
diaspora religions
worshipForm festivals
offerings at rivers
ritual baths

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yoruba pantheonIncludes Yemoja
Regla de Ocha hasImportantDeity Yemoja
this entity surface form: Yemayá
Oshun relatedDeity Yemoja
Yemoja alsoKnownAs Yemoja
this entity surface form: Yemọja
Yemoja alsoKnownAs Yemoja
this entity surface form: Yemanjá
Yemoja alsoKnownAs Yemoja
this entity surface form: Iemanjá
Yemoja alsoKnownAs Yemoja
this entity surface form: Yemayá
Orisha hasNotableMember Yemoja
Candomblé hasPantheonMember Yemoja
this entity surface form: Oxum
Candomblé hasPantheonMember Yemoja
this entity surface form: Iemanjá
Yoruba orishas hasNotableMember Yemoja
this entity surface form: Yemoja (Yemọja)