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Yemaya is considered the Ocean Mother Goddess in Santería, an Afro-Caribbean religion practiced around the world.
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blue and white, pearls, silver, conch shells, and doves.

Her symbols are river stones, cowrie shells, fans, cutlass, fish, multi-stranded crystal clear water-like beaded necklace, white cloth
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1-Yemaya was brought over to the New World by enslaved Africans as early as the 16th century.
2-Yemaya is one of the most widely worshipped of the Orishas or “demi-gods” associated with different elements or forces of nature.
3-Yemaya is the most nurturing of all the Orishas, and it’s believed that all of life comes from her deep nourishing waters.
4--the Orishas and their symbolism, rituals, and folklore had to be kept secret and eventually syncretized with those of the Roman Catholic Church.
5-Yemaya exists outside narrow boxes of classification, outside of iconography.
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