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YEMAYA THE OCEAN MOTHER

This is the tale of how I came down to Earth and became the queen of the oceans.

We orishas lived in the heavens for uncounted ages until our brother Obatala decided to come down from the sky.

At that time, the Earth was covered by an endless sea. Obatala created the islands and continents and made the first humans out of clay.

Then, the great creator of the universe breathed life into these humans and created a ball of fire called the

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