Yemoja is the "Mother of the Children of Fishes." As such, she is the penultimate symbol of motherhood. Yemoja is the all encompassing mother; like the sea and Rivers, her ability to nurture is vast. Though associated with the ocean in the African Diaspora, in Yorubaland, Yemoja is the Orisa of the Ogun river. Yemoja is associated with the top layers of the ocean-Olokun is considered the deep, deep realm of the Ocean. The Ocean is the largest environment for life on the earth, therefore Yemoja is viewed as the mother who gave birth to civilization and who continues
