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Achaba: 7-8 She is the eldest of all the Yemays. She is the first wife of Okolun,
lives and own anchors. Her colors are light blue and cocoa. Her crown figures a
ship and 21 tools. Is also adorned with "the chain of Achaba", a silver chain with
the 21 tools. Lives in clay urn sitting on a chair.
Agandara: 3-3. She lives sitting on a chair but doesn`t like to be seen sitting.
She wears a crown that has seven parrot feathers.
Akere: 7-1/11-1. She is mysterious and lives among the dead. Her name means
Singing siren. She is the one who takes Egun from the cemetary to the realm of
Olokun.Her colors are light blue, jet and water.
Asesu: 7-7/7-8. She is the Queen of ducks, geese, and swans. Her name means
"the absent-minded one". Her colors are light blue and soapy water. She is
Olokun`s inseparable daughter.
Atamarawa: 4-4/4-7. The crown of Olokun. She is always important. She is the
owner of the sea treasures. Her colors are light blue, cocoa and coral. She is the
one who lives in forests.
Awe Yeni: 7-6/6-7 She is blind and lives accompanied by Osojano and Orunla.
She doesn't wear a crown.
Eleda: 10-7 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 Inle. She is a warrior and wears a
sword.
Ibu Agana: 7-8, also 7-7. Known as "the furious one", also married to Orisha
Oko. She is Olofin`s favorite daughter and one of the wives of Olokun. Her colors
are Prussia blue, coral and water. Her necklace is blue, red and green. She
makes rain possible.
Ibu Akinomi: 7-7/ 9-7/9-9. She is the one who makes everyone tremble when
she is angry. Walks with Oya. She lives on the tops of waves. Her necklace has
seven Prussia blue beads, seven light blue beads and seven water beads.
Ibu Gunie: 5-7. She is the sediment from where the river meets the sea. Her
colors are navy blue and water.
Ibu Ia: 7-2. This Yemay has to do with controversies. In the Lukumi tradition
she is the mother of both Ochosi and Inle. Her necklace has seven Prussia blue
together with a silver chain. She carries a stick with which she "handles" the ones
who does her children wrong. This stick should be found at sea. This also the
path of Yemaya most closest associated with Ifa in the Lukumi tradition. She
does not like alcohol. When Mayeleo "mounts", she does this in a very dignified
manner, without much noise. She likes to dance, does not prance and says her
message only once, never repeating herself. When "leaving" however, she does
this with a lot of noise, just like ships leaving a harbor.
Odoko: 7-7 She is very strong and the wife of Orisha Oko; she works the land.
Okute, Ogunte: 3-7, 7-3 or 3-3. The warrior Yemaya. Walks with Ogun. Her real
name is Okunte, which means "the brave one". Her full name is Yemay Okunte
Ogun No Somi. Her crown is made up of seven machetes or 21 tools topped with
an anvil.