Yemaya Asesu is the way of the Orisha Yemaya that represents her as a messenger of Olokun, deity of the Ocean. She is very powerful and by uniting her powers with Olokun, they both transform into a single indestructible force.
This Yemayá, according to the Patakíes, broke all the ties that related her to the land and went to live in the depths of the waters.
She is the queen of geese, ducks and swans and lives in swampy waters, pipes, latrines and sewers. She is the Yemayá of dirty and turbulent waters.
Its name means «The forgetful«, that is why it is said that she is very slow when it comes to helping her devotees and pleasing their requests, because when she is asked for something she begins to count the feathers of the duck that is sacrificed to her and if she is wrong, she begins again.
Attributes and symbols of Asesú
Yemayá Asesú carries the attributes that make her full and powerful queen of the seas, and also includes some that represent this path as Olokun's messenger.
Its elements are:
- small boat
- a little drum
- a whirlpool
- silver handles
His crown is adorned with: a duck, a rooster, a key, seven machetes, a life preserver, two adams, a manatee, an anchor, a crescent, two oars, a pig, a hoe, a rake, a scimitar, a sickle. and a shovel.
He lives in a jar with the ram's head from when he was born and two masks on top. It should be placed in a basin filled with sand and surrounded by ducks.
Yemayá Asesú syncretizes with the Virgen de los Remedios
In Cuba, a la Orisha Yemaya Asesu it is syncretized with the Virgin of the Remedies, revered by many as the deity who comes to the rescue in desperate moments, to grant us health and prosperity.
Legend has it that centuries ago, a shepherd went to drink from a well in the Cerro del Rodeo countryside in Spain. When he went to get the water, he saw a small doll at the bottom of the well and took it to his daughter, putting it in his bag.
But upon reaching the town, the doll was missing, so the man returned to the well and found it again at the bottom of it. He picked it up again and tucked it into his shirt sleeve, but when he got home, the doll had disappeared again.
At this miracle, the village priest said that the doll was the work of the Virgin and that he wanted a shrine to be built for it. So all the inhabitants of the area got to work until they had built a shrine to the liking of the Virgin.
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