Cuba · Caribbean
Indigenous Taíno divinity joined to freshwater, birth and island belonging.
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goddess · Taíno / Cuba and Greater Antilles
Mother of Fresh Water and Birth
Atabey is a major Taíno female zemí associated with fresh water, fertility, childbirth and an originating mother power across the Greater Antilles, including Cuba. Surviving knowledge comes through archaeology and colonial-era descriptions, so modern summaries must leave room for regional difference and loss.
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spirit · Lucumí / Cuban Santería
Orisha of the River and Faithful Love
Obba (Oba) is a Yoruba orisha of the river that bears her name in Nigeria, honored in Cuba within Lucumí tradition. She is associated with marital devotion, sacrifice and, in Cuban teaching, deep learning.
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spirit · Lucumí / Cuban Santería
Orisha of Solitude and Stillness
Yewá is an orisha associated with the Yewa River in West Africa and, in Cuban Lucumí practice, with solitude, chastity and the quiet threshold between life and death. She is described as reserved and deeply respected.
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