Yemaya It is the sound of the waves, the song of the sirens, the salt of the ocean, the blue of the seas. The mother of all children on earth who represents the uterus in any species as the source of life, fertility and motherhood.
Who is the Orisha Yemayá?
The great Yemayá, one of the most powerful Orishas, is in the group of the head Oshas.
In nature it is symbolized by the waves of the sea, and its dance imitates the parsimony of the waves on a sunny day. It is also the Orisha who represents the intelligentsia, wisdom and changing characters like the sea.
When she punishes she is inflexible, she is a fortune teller par excellence, and as powerful as Obbatalá himself. The soothsayer also deceived Orula and he later gave him the snails and with them the art of divination.
Its name comes from Yorùbá Yemòjá (Yeyé: mother-Omo: son- Eyá: Fish) literally mother of fish. It is life-giving, since the Yoruba legend says that all humans are its children, since we swim for nine months in the mother's placenta before going out into the world.
Costume and elements that dress Yemayá
Yemaya He wears the sea and all its attributes and colors are related to marine elements.
In her Yemayá costume, she wears a crepe fabric cloak with a navy blue dress, adorned with blue and white elements, as if it were the waves of the sea. Little bells are sewn throughout the wardrobe, which resonate with the own joy that characterizes the mother of the world.
A wide cotton belt with a rhomboid at the stomach wraps around the waist and supports the cloak.
And so Yemayá laughs and dances, with her blue mantle like the sea, circling like the same waves and granting her blessings to those around her. Thus, the queen of the seas cleanses with her waters all the evil of the world.
Attributes that represent the Goddess of the Sea
The attributes of Yemayá they always remember that it is she, the sovereign of the waters and the powerful protective Orisha.
Thus, the power object de Yemayá is an agbegbe, a fan of duck or peacock feathers decorated with mother of pearl and shells, because she is a queen who also likes to enhance her physical beauty and her wardrobe. He also wears a bell that invokes her.
The attributes of Yemayá that represent the sea and all its elements are:
- 7 oars
- 7 adams (handcuffs)
- a crown
- rudder
- Boats
- Hippocampi
- Fish
- Shells
- Corales
- a sun
- a full moon
- a hand of snails
- A mermaid
- dishes
- a life preserver
- a star
- a key
- a maraca painted blue
All the representative attributes of marine elements can be placed as an important offering to Mother Yemayá, who appreciates the memory of the blue backgrounds.
Ebbó at the foot of Yemayá to purify and attract prosperity
Baths in the name of Yemayá to attract positive energies and Ashé
