The Yoruba orisha or goddess of the living ocean, considered the mother of all. As all life is thought to have begun in the sea, all life is held to have begun with Yemaya. Yemaya represents the ebb and flow of life much like the flow of the ocean. She is the source of all the waters, including the rivers of Western Africa, especially the River Ogun. Alternate spellings of her name are; Yemanja, Yemojá, Yemonja, Yemalla, Yemana, Ymoja, Iamanje, Iemonja, Imanje.
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