Yewá
Yoruba deity of death, chastity and decomposition
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Yewá (Yorùbá: Yewá, also called Ewá, Iyewa, or Iyawa, lit. 'Our Mother') is an Orisha of death, dreams, purity, chastity, decomposition and the Yewa River[1] in the Yoruba religion and other syncretic religions.[2][3]
Other namesEwá, Iyewa, Iyawa
Venerated inYoruba religion, Santería, Candomblé
AnimalsSnake
SymbolsOfá (spear or harpoon), bow and arrow, scepter with tail hair of a bull or buffalo, curved dagger, palm leaf fan
| Yewá | |
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| Member of the Orisha | |
Ewá by Marcelo Jorge | |
| Other names | Ewá, Iyewa, Iyawa |
| Venerated in | Yoruba religion, Santería, Candomblé |
| Animals | Snake |
| Symbols | Ofá (spear or harpoon), bow and arrow, scepter with tail hair of a bull or buffalo, curved dagger, palm leaf fan |
| Color | Pink, coral, red, white |
| Region | Nigeria, Benin, Latin America, Cuba |
| Ethnic group | Yoruba people |
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