Yemaya Central America Symbols Charm

Yemaya is revered in the Yoruba, Umbanda, Candomble, Santeria, and Haitian Vodou religions. She represents a significant water spirit in Yoruba mythology. All Orishas (spirits) have her as their mother. She is an orisha, namely the patron goddess of rivers in Cuban and Brazilian Orisa religions, notably the Ogun River in Nigeria, and the seas. She is the supreme mother to us all and stands in for Mother Earth, the source of all life. Yemaya is frequently syncretized with either Our Lady of Regla in the Afro-Cuban diaspora or many other Virgin Mary figures of the Catholic Church, a tradition that developed during the time of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade.