Yemanja
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| Location | St. Louis, Benton Park District, United States |
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| Introduction | A woman appears from among the waves who is beautiful & possesses spiritual & also material riches, since the sea is one of the wealthiest & largest kingdoms, covering about 75% of the world's surface. Almost dancing with a subtle bending of her arms, she seems to be surrounded by sweet melodies springing from herself. A hand carries a comb made of sea oysters which she uses to comb herself before a mirror made of snail shells held by her other hand. Her crown is made of silver (her metal) & snail shells with a starfish in the middle, a silver necklace ending in a charm representing a fish that inhabits her territory. The crown is decorated with pearls (as drops of her pure element), which gives her a princess-like quality. She is comfortably seated on a seashell. Her kingdom is one of the major ones for the reasons given above but also because its energy comes from ancient times. At the beginning & for many thousands of millions of years, there were only masses of water over the face of the earth. It can be said, that life had its origins there; that is why we consider Yemanja as the mother of all other Orishas save for a few whose mother would be Nana, an ancestral Yemanja. |
