Each orisha has its own distinct personality and has a wide variety of strengths, weaknesses, and interests. She also rules over maternity in our lives as she is the mother of all. The separation of oya and yemaya the yoruba religious concepts. My idea was to create a scene of mothers and children on a new york city stoop. When we seek to yemaya in nature we have to look at sea. So opens marjorie celonas highly acclaimed and exquisitely rendered debut about a wisebeyondheryears foster child abandoned as a newborn on the doorstep of the local ymca. The orishas are equated with a variety of catholic saints. Join facebook to connect with torres kathy and others you may know.
It explains the creation of earth by obatala and yemaya to the chaining of olokun. Santeros santeria priests do not believe that the orishas and the saints are identical. Yemaya y ochun is certainly a book that combines a range of nar rative forms. Devotees from cuba often replace orunmilla with babaluaye. Orula possesses and personifies wisdom, but hes also a powerful healer. Join facebook to connect with eleggua ochun and others you may know. If you are a botanica be sure to send us by fax your tax i. Yemaya was very upset at herself because she had ample enough time to get a gift but she was tending to her children of the sea and children on land. Let your sacred waters wash over me, yemaya, mistress of the moon, shine your light on me, and fill me with your magic. It would be good practice to determine with the orishaworshiping community which days the group would prefer to observe for their group ceremonial meal. These are notes i have taken from my padrinos and elders from cuba and i would like to share with others. Her name, a shortened version of yey omo eja means mother whose children are the fish to reflect the fact that her children are so numerous that they are uncountable.
His artwork have been published in children books, novels and magazines. It would be impossible to talk about yemaya in the island of cuba by silencing and separating her from the popular ochun, with whom she shares dominion over the waters. This was a necessity when slaveowners refused to allow slaves to practice african religion. Buy yemaya mother of all and goddess of the ocean figurine, bronze color. The separation of oya and yemaya the yoruba religious. It is olokun that fills the role of sea deity in yorubaland, while yemoja is a leader of the other river deities. Mar 19, 2018 yemaya was very upset at herself because she had ample enough time to get a gift but she was tending to her children of the sea and children on land.
The orishas are the gods of santeria, the beings that believers interact with on a regular basis. Sep 07, 2016 yemaya is the imposing mother of oceans, orisha, goddess, all mother from the yoruban and afrocaribbean traditions. In addition to the published patakis, printed collections of afrocuban. Caribbean magic is a howto book that utilizes the work of four additional authors. In the same way they build and or destroyed, offering blessings or removing them.
September 7 is her feast day and throughout the world, devotees will be making pilgrimage to her shores to pay respect, celebrate, and pray. So sad and lonely, she turned to yemaya iya mi my mother with your waters and my winds we could end this marriage. In many ways, therefore, understanding an orisha is like understanding another human being. The seven african powers are consecrated into one eleke. We turn to yemaya for nourishment, healing, cleansing, and protection. Finally yemaya came to the last merchant and asked him what he had. Ochun synonyms, ochun pronunciation, ochun translation, english dictionary definition of ochun. The merchant replied to yemaya that the only thing he had was the head of 3 fishes and that was it. The history of yemaya santeria botanica,ifa products. Other texts tell us that this oshun is the smiling goddess and of exuberante characteristic that. In west africa, yemoja is worshipped as a highranking river deity, but in brazil and cuba she is worshipped mainly as a seaocean goddess. Orula orunmila is a major oricha, and hes unique in several ways. The picture looks gorgeous, but it is even better in person.
Cabreras classic deserves an english translation and a reprinting. The separation of oya and yemaya oya had become so furious that she wanted to destroy the kingdom with her winds, but controlled herself because she respected her father obatala. Collectible figurines free delivery possible on eligible purchases. It is in this way that yemaya making offerings and sacrifices. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. It is understood that the orishas wear many masks in order for people to better understand them. Yemoja is motherly and strongly protective, and cares deeply for all her. His colors are yellow and green, and his eleke beaded necklace is made of yellow and green beads, alternating. A graduate of the iowa writers workshop, marjorie has published work in the o. The crests of the waves against the shores and rocks.
Yemaya is the imposing mother of oceans, orisha, goddess, all mother from the yoruban and afrocaribbean traditions. Afrocuban religious experience ufdc image array 2 university. Finding a book that appeals to you and answers your questions in a way that makes sense to you is a task only you. Yemaya mother of all and goddess of the ocean figurine. See more ideas about orisha, african mythology and oshun goddess. Inside her sopera she lives with a arrow, fifty five bracelets of gold, forming a necklace and ten spears. She is full of life and movement, and utterly beautiful. Avatars paths for oshunochunosun the yoruba religious. Bibliography this is an impartial listing of books, with no specific endorsements or recommendations. Celebrating yemaya and oshun orisha goddesses of the.