Yemoja
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Search complete. 28 mentions across 9 episodes found for "Yemoja".
Oct 11, 2026
Sam OyeyinkaHOST
It can tie Ogun's hands.
Sam OyeyinkaHOST
It can tie Yemoja's hands.
Sam OyeyinkaHOST
It can tie Amaiju's hands.
Sam OyeyinkaHOST
But the God of the Bible, your faith or lack of it cannot tie His hands.
Faith Abiola EllisonNARRATOR
Four.
Faith Abiola EllisonNARRATOR
Aganju and Yemaja.
Faith Abiola EllisonNARRATOR
Before her amour with the hunter, Odudua bore to her husband, Obatala, a boy and a girl named, respectively, Aganju and Yemaja.
Faith Abiola EllisonNARRATOR
The name Aganju means uninhabited tract of country, wilderness, plain, or forest, and Yemaja, quote, mother of fish, end quote, Yeye, mother, Eja, fish.
Faith Abiola EllisonNARRATOR
The offspring of the union of heaven and earth, that is, of Obatala and Odudua, may thus be said to represent land and water.
Faith Abiola EllisonNARRATOR
Yemaja is the goddess of brooks and streams and presides over ordeals by water.
Faith Abiola EllisonNARRATOR
She is represented by a female figure, yellow in color, wearing blue beads and a white cloth.
Faith Abiola EllisonNARRATOR
The worship of Aganju seems to have fallen into disuse or to have become merged in that of his mother, but there is said to be an open space in front of the king's residence in Oyo where the god was formerly worshipped, which is still called Oju Aganju, quote, front of Aganju, end quote.
Quarteto em CySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Se pôs a tocar no fundo das águas, skindendem, skindendom.
Quarteto em CySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Figura real de Iemanjá, coberta de sal é a rainha do mar.
Quarteto em CySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Figura real de Iemanjá, coberta de sal é a rainha do mar.
Quarteto em CySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
É a rainha do mar.
Quarteto em CySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
É a rainha do mar.
Quarteto em CySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Peixe de ouro, sino de prata, skindendem, skindendom.
Quarteto em CySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Se pôs a tocar no fundo das águas, skindendem, skindendom.
Quarteto em CySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Figura real de Iemanjá, coberta de sal é a rainha do mar.
DJ RawHOST
Going out to the original sound boy.
speaker_3UNKNOWN
Uhh, Yemayá, Chango.
speaker_3UNKNOWN
Axi, axi, axi.
speaker_3UNKNOWN
Orisha, protege mi ser.
Bridget OgundipeGUEST
And it was based on the old world gods fighting the new world gods.
Bridget OgundipeGUEST
And I played Yemoja, which was the god of water.
Bridget OgundipeGUEST
My
Mike BoonHOST
favorite god.
Ricardo CapicuHOST
This is by El Nino, Emilio Frías.
Ricardo CapicuHOST
Y la verdad, también con El Lito Revé y su charangón, and it's called Agua, by Yemayá.
Ricardo CapicuHOST
So here we go, and enjoy.
speaker_5SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
[singing] Oye, sí.
speaker_5SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Solo tengo que buscar vela y siete caracoles.
speaker_5SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Con una pucha de flor y llevársela al mar.
speaker_5SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Conmigo, Yemayá.
speaker_5SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Me miró y me dijo que tuviera fe.
Hannah MaguireHOST
They took Leandro to a remote stretch of beach where Oswaldo and Vicente were waiting.
Hannah MaguireHOST
And the men performed a human sacrifice ritual to the sea goddess, Iemanja.
Hannah MaguireHOST
They drained Leandro of two liters of blood before dumping his body in the ocean.
Hannah MaguireHOST
But here's the tricky bit.
Kimberly MooreHOST
So pick goddesses that kind of resonate that way as well.
Marisa McCallHOST
See, my goddess for October is Yemaya, so I think that just means I need to go to the beach.
Marisa McCallHOST
[laughs]
Kimberly MooreHOST
Oh, yes, you do.
Aunt M.HOST
I, you know, I don't talk too much about it.
Aunt M.HOST
I don't, you know, I did work with Yemaya for a while.
Aunt M.HOST
And I my first company is, you know, Siren Publications, and it is dedicated to her.
Aunt M.HOST
And I used her imagery and everything like that.
Aunt M.HOST
Very time consuming.
Aunt M.HOST
It is a commitment.
Aunt M.HOST
This is not like, you know, even yesterday I bought something that was, you know, would be considered dedicated to Yemaya because it was like, she helped me during that dark time.
Aunt M.HOST
And like, I find that the things that I was given during that time that I maintaining them is a way of honoring her.