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Yemowo

in the ancestral Yoruba (Proto-Yoruboid) religion, a supreme creator deity/goddess regarded as the consort of the sky deity Obatala (then known as Orisa). She was equivalent to Mawu in the Dahomean religion; in the modern Yoruba traditional religion, a divinity who is the wife of the deity of purity and creation, Obatala
Yoruba name.
This dictionary uses simplified unmarked Yoruba spelling for consistency. Meanings can vary by dialect, region and context.