Tradition summary
Yemoja is the ocean and the mother of many Orisha, her waters both cradle and grave.
Mythic Dream reflection
to dream of the sea is to return to the first embrace, where you are held whether you struggle or grow still.
Literary reflections
These fragments are original Mythic Dream writing, offered as prompts rather than historical source material.
Every river runs to her at last; she gathers the waters and the lost alike, and rocks them the way a mother rocks a child too tired to know it is crying.
Her love is deep and her temper is the sea's — calm as glass one hour, and the next a wall of water that remembers nothing of mercy.
Sources & editorial status
Public citations have not yet been attached to this entry. Treat the tradition summary as provisional until it is reviewed against tradition-specific scholarship; the dream reflection is editorial interpretation.
