MARACA FOR YEMAYA
This is a hand painted wooden maraca that has been beaded in the colours of Yemaya Okuti / Ogunte.
Yemaya, Yemalla, Yemoya, Iemanja, Yemoja is an Orisha and considered to be the mother of all Orishas and the universe. She is syncretized with the Virgin Mary, Our lady of Regla, and Stella Maris.
Yoruba: Yemọja
Portuguese: Yemanjá, Iemanjá, Janaína
Spanish: Yemayá, Iemallá, Afrequete, Yemollá,
French / Kreyol: Iemanja, La Sirène
In Yoruba mythology, Yemoja is a mother spirit; patron spirit of women, especially pregnant women; and the Ogun river.
Her name is a contraction of the Yoruba words: "Yeye omo eja" which means "Mother whose children are like fish." This represents the the vastness of her motherhood, her fecundity, and her reign over all living things.
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