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Yemoja • Yemoja represents the divinity of all the oceans. She is said to be the mother of all Orishas & expresses her mothering throughout the earthly & heavenly realms. Yemoja is the matriarchal head of the cosmic universe. • Yemoja is known to be very stern & expresses the protective energies of the feminine force. In Yoruba mythology, Yemoja is a mother spirit; patron spirit of women, especially pregnant women; the ocean; 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 vastness of her motherhood, her fecundity, and her reign over all living things.
• Obatala is the Sky Father and the creator of human bodies, which were brought to life by Olorun's breath. Obatala is the father of all Orishas and also the owner of all ori. Any Orisha may claim an individual, but until that individual is initiated into the priesthood of that Orisha, Obatala still owns that head. Obatala's wife is Yembo. • Obatala is Olorun's second son. He is the one authorized by Olorun to create land over the water beneath the sky, and it is he who founds the first Yoruba city, Ife. Obatala is Olorun's representative on earth and the shaper of human beings Obatala
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Page 17 and 18: Orunmila • Orunmila is the Orisha
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Page 23 and 24: Oya • Oya is a Great Yoruban Oris
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Page 31 and 32: Oko • Orisha Oko is the orisha of
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Page 35 and 36: • Ori is each person’s personal
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