Yemaja

Summary

Yemaja is an orisha^[1]. She draws 558 Wikipedia views per month (orisha category, ranking #1 of 6).^[2]

Key Facts

• Yemaja's image is recorded as A yemoja statue at badagry.JPG^[3].
• Yemaja is recorded as female^[4].
• Yemaja's instance of is recorded as orisha^[5].
• Yemaja's instance of is recorded as water deity^[6].
• Yemaja's instance of is recorded as Loa^[7].
• Yemaja's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 54950507^[8].
• Yemaja's GND ID is recorded as 119098148^[9].
• Yemaja's Commons category is recorded as Iemanjá^[10].
• Yemaja's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0pclv^[11].
• Yemaja's feast day is recorded as February 2^[12].
• Yemaja's main subject is recorded as motherhood^[13].
• Yemaja's worshipped by is recorded as Yoruba religion^[14].
• Yemaja's worshipped by is recorded as Umbanda^[15].
• Yemaja's worshipped by is recorded as Santería^[16].
• Yemaja's worshipped by is recorded as Candomblé^[17].
• Yemaja's worshipped by is recorded as Yoruba people^[18].
• Yemaja's worshipped by is recorded as Voodoo Church^[19].
• Yemaja's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Yemonja^[20].
• Yemaja's CERL Thesaurus ID is recorded as cnp00547200^[21].
• Yemaja's culture is recorded as Yoruba religion^[22].
• Yemaja's iconographic symbol is recorded as Q9560467^[23].
• Yemaja's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject African diaspora^[24].
• Yemaja's IxTheo authority ID is recorded as 718278755^[25].
• Yemaja's DDB person is recorded as 119098148^[26].

Why It Matters

Yemaja draws 558 Wikipedia views per month (orisha category, ranking #1 of 6).^[2] She has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[27] She is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]