Paths of Yemaya Achaba: 7-8 She is the eldest of all the Yemayás. She is the first wife of Okolun, lives and own anchors. Her colors are liht !lue and cocoa. Her crown fiures a shi" and #$ tools. %s also adorned with &the chain of 'cha!a&, a silver chain with the #$ tools. (ives in clay urn sittin on a chair. Agandara: )-). She lives sittin on a chair !ut doesn*t like to !e seen sittin. She wears a crown that has seven "arrot feathers. Akere: 7-$+$$-$. She is mysterious and lives amon the dead. Her name means Sinin siren. She is the one who takes un from the cemetary to the realm of Olokun.Her colors are liht !lue, et and water. Asesu: 7-7+7-8. She is the ueen of ducks, eese, and swans. Her name means &the a!sent-minded one&. Her colors are liht !lue and soa"y water. She is Olokun*s inse"ara!le dauhter. Atamarawa: /-/+/-7. 0he crown of Olokun. She is always im"ortant. She is the owner of the sea treasures. Her colors are liht !lue, cocoa and coral. She is the one who lives in forests. Awe Yeni : 7-1+1-7 She is !lind and lives accom"anied !y Osoano and Orunla. She doesn2t wear a crown. Eleda: $3-7 She is the owner of the moist on nostrils. Her crown is adorned with small snail shells.. Fonda: 7-7. She is the one who died with %nle. She is a warrior and wears a sword. Ibu Agana : 7-8, also 7-7. 4nown as &the furious one&, also married to Orisha Oko. She is Olofin*s favorite dauhter and one of the wives of Olokun. Her colors are 5russia !lue, coral and water. Her necklace is !lue, red and reen. She makes rain "ossi!le. Ibu Akinomi : 7-7+ 6-7+6-6. She is the one who makes everyone trem!le when she is anry. alks with Oya. She lives on the to"s of waves. Her necklace has seven 5russia !lue !eads, seven liht !lue !eads and seven water !eads. Ibu Gunie : -7. She is the sediment from where the river meets the sea. Her colors are navy !lue and water. Ibu Iña : 7-#. 0his Yemayá has to do with controversies. %n the (ukumi tradition she is the mother of !oth Ochosi and %nle. Her necklace has seven 5russia !lue
!eads, seven snails, seven am!er !eads and seven cocoa !eads. Ibu Konla : 8-7. 0he foam of waves She !uilds and reister shi"s and is a scrivener. Her necklace has seven 5russia !lue !eads and seven cocoa !eads. Ibu Okoto: /-7 Her name means &alive amon the shells&, she stands for the sea of !lood caused !y naval !attles. She "resides over the naval !attles. Her colors are 5russia !lue, snails shells and water. Ibu Oleyo : 9orn in 7-7. She is %!u Okoto*s sister, from the land of 'ye 0aro. Ibu Olowo: 8-7 She is the owner of the wealth "rovided !y the sea. Ibu eni : $3-7. She lives in dee"wells and at river !anks. ery mysterious. Ibu Yabani: 9orn in 8-8. 0his Yemayá lives with 9orosia and should !e "re"ared and iven. Idere !ekun: /-/+7-8. She lives in caves where she dances at the rhythm of the sea dashin aainst coral reefs. She carries a drum that is called 4ato, a falcon and a chain. She doesn*t wear a crown. lñale: 7-/. She is %!u %;a*s dauhter. She lives on to" of money !ills. Her &home& at the !each is inside the sand. "ayeleo# "ayelewo : She is 9romu2s favorite dauhter.
& in the forest she lives at the entrance of har!ors. She is !orn in the Odu $$+7 or 7+$$, is indeed the Yemaya of commerce, likes money a lot, sells trinkets ?!askets filled with seashells and other &chucheria& from the sea@ at the market and &walks& with shu 'ye, the leua of "ros"erity and money. ' very "atient Yemaya, !ut will also et very mad when offended. Shows dis"leasure !y !reakin "lates indiscriminately only to cry in sorrow when she is done. ?when suddenly "lates start !reakin in your kitchen, she is dis"leased with or !y somethin. Aoco should !e thrown to find out what@. =ayeleo lives in a tinaa, sittin on a used O"on %fa ?ta!la de %fa@ inside a !asket filled with "lates. 0he !asket should !e covered on the outside with a BCD ?not dark !lue as erronously stated@ cloth. 0here is no s"ecific num!er of "lates reEuired since the custom is to !uy her a "late whenever a nice one catches the siht of her child. 0hese "lates can also !e "laced on walls. She carries a crown with a cross on to". However, the crown carries an &osain& inside that should !e "re"ared !y %fa "riests. %nside the tinaa oes ?alon with the usual 2a!oran2 of Yemaya@ seven fisherman2s hooks held
toether with a silver chain. She carries a stick with which she &handles& the ones who does her children wron. 0his stick should !e found at sea. 0his also the "ath of Yemaya most closest associated with %fa in the (ukumi tradition. She does not like alcohol. hen =ayeleo &mounts&, she does this in a very dinified manner, without much noise. She likes to dance, does not "rance and says her messae only once, never re"eatin herself. hen &leavin& however, she does this with a lot of noise, ust like shi"s leavin a har!or. Odoko: 7-7 She is very stron and the wife of Orisha OkoF she works the land. Okute# Ogunte : )-7, 7-) or )-). 0he warrior Yemaya. alks with Oun. Her real name is Okunte, which means &the !rave one&. Her full name is Yemayá Okunte Oun Do Somi. Her crown is made u" of seven machetes or #$ tools to""ed with an anvil.
