What do you feed Yemaya?

Yemaya’s favorite color is blue. She rules the oceans and all marine creatures, which she loves to eat. She also enjoys watermelon, plantain chips, pork rinds, pineapples, sugar cane syrup and ducks.

What is Yemaya the Orisha of?

Yemaya is the orisha of the surface of the ocean. She is the other half of Olokun, sometimes a sister and sometimes a wife (sometimes, both deities are androgynous). While Olokun is the Keeper of Secrets and rules over the depths of the ocean, Yemaya presides over the surface waters.

What does Oshun help with?

Those who want children and who may suffer from infertility usually call on Oshun for assistance, and she is associated with the concepts of femininity and the power of women. More widely, she is sought after in times of drought or severe poverty.

What should I offer Obatala?

Animal offerings for Obatala usually consist of white hen, snake, pigeon, goat, slugs, snails, or guinea. Offerings that include alcohol, crab, or beans are not allowed.

Who is the most powerful Orisha?

Ṣàngó
Ṣàngó is viewed as the most powerful and feared of the orisha pantheon. He casts a “thunderstone” to earth, which creates thunder and lightning, to anyone who offends him.

Who is Oshun in Haitian voodoo?

Oshun is an important river deity among the Yorùbá people. She is the goddess of divinity, femininity, fertility, beauty and love….Oshun.

How many Orishas are there?

Yoruba tradition often says that there are 400 + 1 orisha, which is associated with a sacred number. Other sources suggest that the number is “as many as you can think of, plus one more – an innumerable number”. Different oral traditions refer to 400, 700, or 1,440 orisha.

How many orishas can you have?

Is Shango Thor?

The cover was so well-received on social media that Canuto decided to reinterpret popular Avenger character Thor as Shango, the Orisha god of fire and thunder.

Who is the orisha of death?

Ọya
Ọya (Yorùbá: Ọya, also known as Oyá or Oiá; Yàńsàn-án or Yansã; and Iansá or Iansã in Latin America) is an orisha of winds, lightning, and violent storms, death and rebirth. She is similar to the Haitian god Maman Brigitte, who is syncretised with the Catholic Saint Brigit.

What to do when calling on the orisha Yemaya?

When calling on this Orisha for guidance, set some cowrie shells and aquamarine tumbled stones on your altar as offerings and anoint a Yemaya 7 day Orisha candle with Yemaya oil. Light some Yemaya incense in an abalone shell incense burner and repeat the following prayer: Yemaya, Blessed Mother of the Seas,Let Your Sacred Waters wash over me.

Where can you find offerings to Yemaya in Cuba?

Yemaya is the orisha of the seas. Therefore offerings to her are associated with the sea. Offerings to other orishas can be found in other locations. For example, in Cuba it is not uncommon to find objects placed at the base of ceibas trees or royal palms.

What kind of animal is Yemaya the Orisha?

She is also seen as a mermaid, with her beautiful blue tail gliding through the water and a necklace of pears and starfish around her neck. Yemaya is a lover of sea shells, pearls, fans and all things silver. Cowrie shells are sacred to her. The animals associated with her are peacocks, seabirds, ducks, fish and goats.

What to give to Yemaya for the New Year?

It might not be warm enough to dance on the shore, but it is still a good time to give prayers and offerings to bring you luck and blessings. Yemaya enjoys offerings of candles, fish, fruit, rice, molasses, sweet dumplings, caramel corn, perfume, sachet powder, and mirrors, among others.