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Iemanjá

deity water Candomblé corroborated · 3

Orixá of the sea, motherhood, and protector of sailors.

↻ synthesized from 3 sources

When

First attested
0 CE
Attested period
0 – 2020

Relationships

co occurs with
Xangô, Nanã, Obá, Obaluaiê, Juramidam, Oxum, Ogum, Oxôssi, Orishas
syncretized with
Nossa Senhora dos Navegantes, Our Lady of Conception
consort of
Oxalá

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Mentioned by

Sources

internet (1)
  1. Candomblé
wikipedia (2)
  1. Santo Daime
  2. Yemọja

Source passages

“Those from the ocean or rivers are for instance linked to Oxum and Iemanjá”

#316 · extracted by claude-sonnet-4-6

“Spiritual beings from indigenous Amazonian shamanism and deities from the Afro-Brazilian pantheon, such as Ogum and Iemanjá, are also respected and incorporated into the doctrine.”

#2398 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“In Salvador, Bahia, Iemanjá is celebrated by Candomblé on the same day consecrated by the Catholic Church to Our Lady of Seafaring (Nossa Senhora dos Navegantes). Every February 2, thousands of people line up at dawn to leave their offerings at her shrine in Rio Vermelho. Gifts for Iemanjá include flowers and objects of female vanity”

#3319 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001