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symbols of yemaya in the water with moon, crescent and star above them

Yemayá (also known as Yemọja or Yemanjá) is a Yoruban river spirit. She is an Orisha, a guiding spirit of the rivers sent to aid humanity. When the Yoruba people were enslaved by colonizers, Yemayá also merged with the Virgin Mary in syncretic practices. in the Americas, the Orishas are the deities of syncretized religions such...

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