Short description of the commonly known paths of Yemaya by Onelio Sotolongo Oba Oriate Alaishe of Ile Osha Ifa Bi Olorun - Mobile, Alabama. www.alashe.com

1. Figure 1 Onelio Sotolongo Omoni Shango Leti
Avatars or paths of Yemaya:
By Onelio Sotolongo
1. Yemaya Achaba (Akwakuga)
This is the eldest of all the Yemayas, she is the first child of Olokun, her secret name (Oriki) signifies chain, her
colors are clear blue and cream, her complete name is Yemaya Achaba Ogun mabogun Oralotalye Inshoboro
Odun
2. Yemaya Ogunte (Akpadume)
Vulgurally known as Yemaya Okuti, she is the warrior. Helper of Oggun, her name signifies The angry one, she
does not eat duck (she eats duck at birth, but then never more), she eats with Oggun, her colors are clear blue,
cream and pink. Her name is Yemaya Ogunte Oggun Osomi, she is Catholized as Our Lady of Nieves.
3. Yemaya Asesu (Wbikoso)
This Yemaya is the queen of the ducks, she lives in the confluences of the river and the sea, she is also the
queen of the Gooses and the Swans, her colors are clear blue, and bone, she is the inseparable daughter of
Olokun, she broke all the ties that held her to the earth, she is forgetful.
4. Yemaya Mayelawo (Nusato)
She is the favorite child of Boromu, she lives in the middle of the ocean, where the 7 marine currents unite, her
sight is bad on one side, she is a saleswomen/retailer, she is the one that differentiates each Orisa with paint by
mandate of Olofin, her name translates to: The one that is interested in money and commerce, her beads are
clear blue and pink, she was the wife of Orunmila
5. Yemaya Akere (Humeto).
This is the servant of Olokun, she is the bullfrog, her colors are green, blue and clear.
6. Yemaya Unsuwu
She is the nmysterious one, her name signifies: Secret. She is the siren that sings, she lives behind curtains, her
colors are dark blue, black and clear.

2. 7. Yemaya Agana (Anwalohu)
Her name means the furious one, the crazy one, she was the woman of OrisaOko, she lives in the bottom of the
Ocean, she is the favorite child of Olofin, she does not live in the superficial waters, she is the one that sunk
Atlantis Her beads are prussian blue, coral and clear.
8. Yemaya Okoto (Tofodu)
Her name signifies that she lives in the conches, she is the Ocean of Blood, or the Red Sea, she presides over
naval combats, her colors/beads are Prussian blue, have shells and are clear.
9. Yemaya Atamara (dohuno)
She is the one that is important at every moment, because she is the owner of all the treasures of the sea, she is
the guardian of all the floral life in the sea, she lives in the bottom of the forests of the sea with marine life. Her
beads are clear blue, cream with shells, it is said that this Yemaya has yellow skin and her hair is Prussian blue.
10. Yemaya Gunle (Kedike)
Her name signifies the sediment of the ocean, the ocean of the beach, she lives between a piece of brain coral,
her beads are clear blue and aqua.
11. Yemaya Akinomi (Zedike)
When she is angry she makes the whole world shake, she lives in the cusp of the waves, her colors are prussian
blue, clear blue, green and aqua
12. Yemaya Tinidu (Asinami)
She is the churning sea that turns clear, her colors are dark blue, clear blue and cacao.
13. Yemaya Konla (Kewewoto)
She is the one that sinks the boats, she is a scribe, her colors are dark blue and aqua.
14. Yemaya Inja (Menani)
This yemaya is the one of dispute, she is arrogant and greedy, she is the mother of ochosi and erinle, her colors
are dark blue, coral, amber and cream
There exists other paths of yemaya, but these are the most common, each path has their specific secret load,
that is why if they are not known, it is unadvisable to use them indescriminantly.
ONAREO ,
ONELIO SOTOLONGO
OMONI SHANGO LETI
OBA ORIATE ALAISHE
ILE OSHA IFA BI OLORUN
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