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- followers that carry the image of Iemanjá, in a syncretic meeting that is watched by thousand of people on the s****. Iemanjá is also celebrated every December...
- Iemanja is a genus of pycnodontiform fish from the Early Cretaceous, described from the Romualdo Member (now Romualdo Formation) of the Santana Group...
- his two wives, Nanã and Iemanjá. This trio are ****ociated with water; Oxalá with fresh water, Nanã with the rain, and Iemanjá with the ocean. Other accounts...
- Oxalá is ****ociated with the sky and regarded as the creator of humanity. Iemanjá is a maternal figure ****ociated with the sea. Nanã is also a maternal figure...
- immigrant influenced orisha, Iemanjá has been conflated with the Iara. One analysis contends that both Iara and Iemanjá share a common root origin as...
- kind. Later with the introduction of African slaves, the Yoruba myth of Iemanjá was admixed into the telling. The Alamoa is a well known legend in the...
- with the Afro-Brazilian religion Candomblé, especially the sea goddess Iemanjá. The novel's style and themes include many traits that characterize Amado's...
- Brazilian Candomblé by example, fish are sacred for their connection to Iemanjá, horns given the relation to Iansã. Consequently, those foods are considered...
- priests. Olokun is celebrated during the Festival of Yemoja (Festa de Iemanjá). Olokun is an orisha in the religion of Santería. Olokun is an androgynous...
- shamanism and deities from the Afro-Brazilian pantheon such as Ogum and Iemanjá are also respected and incorporated into the doctrine. The nature of the...