- Yemọja - a
mother goddess;
patron deity of
women and of the Ogun
river Yemowo - wife of Ọbàtálá and of the water. Said to be the
original form of most...
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protector of the
physically challenged/different. His
favourite consort was
Yemowo (Yèyé Mowò). At his Ifon abode, he is
known by the name Oshalufon, while...
- Ife, the
cultural cradle of the Yoruba, both
deities are
twinned as Orisa-
Yemowo in
conjoined temples. The
gradual transformation from the word
Orisa to...
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White Region Yorubaland,
Latin America Ethnic group Yoruba Genealogy Spouse Yemowo (Ile-Ife, modern-day Nigeria);
Yemaya (Americas)
Offspring Oloja of Iranje-Idita...
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thirteen clan confederacy, and
sometimes not.
These include; Ita
Yemoo (
Yemowo), Orun Oba Ado, Ilara, Igbo
Olokun and Idio. Each
village complex was further...
