The Story Of Yemoja, The Great Yoruba Mermaid

Words can't clarify or depict the magnificence offered to the goddess of fishes, the size of her enormous round bosom would deeply inspire away any man, her eyes as blue of the sea, her voice is sweet similar to that of another conceived infant, her skin was dim and sparkling like the night star. History has it that her first union with OKEFE ORISHA OKO (divine force of farming) fizzled on the grounds that he made a joke of her bosom, he called her OLOMU GAGA (woman with a fat bosom) the day she left Orisha Oko, she went to the shore of a stream cried throughout the day night, brought out blade, indignantly cut off one of her bosom, she dropped at the waterway bank then out of nowhere Orisha Olokun (Poseidon) appeared to her.

Recuperated her and console her, he welcomed her to his realm in the black market, this was the place he invigorated and started her, named her YEMOJA, ORISHA OF FISHES (half human, half fish) After 10 years, she brought the fortitude to begin coming out of the sea and blending in with individuals, at whatever point she ventured out of the sea she had her human legs. She was fruitful in exchanging adornments, pearls and shells from the profound of the sea, she lived like a sovereign and she was the best among the individuals, she turned into a women's activist, she wouldn't get hitched to any man since she was of the supposition that her significant other would criticize her on the off chance that he discovered that regardless of her astounding excellence she just had one bosom.

Be that as it may, matter went to the pinnacle one day when Yemoja was returning from the market, she felt fragmented and start to mumble to herself that what is the pith of excellence and cash and all the force she has without youngsters or spouse to impart them to? By what means will she (Yemoja) originate from the market to her home regular alone without kids or spouse to come to? She felt like powerful inclination to get hitched once more,. At that point said day, the divine force of lron (Orisha ogun) (the genuine lord of war) was returning from war when he caught all the mumbling of Yemoja, Orisha Ogun was a wild looking man with eye ball as red as blood, no lady was keen on him as both man and lady dreaded him over the land, he considered using the chance, he drew nearer Yemoja and he said ''l may not be as attractive as you wished yet l am the divine force of war, I would secure you and be there for you if just you would cherish and never make joke of my looks.
Yemoja let him know, ''l, Yemoja would cherish you forever, just on the off chance that you don't make joke and contact my one bosom, the two of them saved these guarantees for quite a while, Yemoja had numerous youngsters for ogun. In any case, things transformed one day, Ogun attempting to be a mindful and exquisite spouse, regardless of his wildness needs to give grace and shock to Yemoja. Ogun got back home one evening when Yemoja was dozing, entered the kitchen to prepare food to amaze Yemoja however because of his inability in cooking he started to deal with all the kitchen utensils the manner in which he handle blade in war zone. Subsequently, Yemoja most loved pot tumbled down and crush into pieces the sound out of nowhere arose Yemoja, she entered the kitchen and saw the chaos Ogun had made, she then indignantly said........ What is this you have done to my kitchen and my pot, you this blooded eye looking man '''Ogun felt frightfully down and humiliated and in his endeavor to disclose the entire circumstance to Yemoja and assuage her, he erroneously contacted Yemoja bosom.

Yemoja turned out to be extremely irate, she conveyed her most youthful youngster Orangun and left Ogun for good, she lived with her child for an exceptionally prolonged stretch of time in an obscure locale, when Orangun was old enough due to disconnection, the magnificence of his mom enticed him, he submitted cursed thing, he compellingly engaged in sexual relations with his mom, Yemoja fled for her dear life, Orangun sought after her, when Yemoja came up short on quality, she called upon Olokun for help, he heard her, at that point out of nowhere she was inundated with water and ensured .Till today, Yemoja admirers carry offering to the shores of the waterway reciting melodies to her, she would turn out of the stream in her relentlessness, no one dares look at her without flinching, she would bring pearls for her admirers as an indication of appreciation.