Yemọja
c. 900 CE – 2026 CEattested
Ogun River region, Yorubaland
- Yoruba
Mother of waters and mother of many orishas, whose river overflowed from her body when she fell. Through the slave trade, her worship crossed the Atlantic and she became the sea itself.
Known for
- mother of the orishas
- the river become the sea
- protector of children
Dates are estimates. A great deal of what this atlas covers is only datable to within a century.