ID: 901001889 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001889	Record Type: Character/Person

	Yemonja (Yoruba deity)

Note: Yoruban deity celebrated as the giver of life and as the metaphysical mother of all orisha (deities) within the Yoruba spiritual pantheon.

Names:

	Yemonja (Yoruba deity) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Yemoja (Yoruba deity) (English,U,N)
	Yemaj (Yoruba deity) (English,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<African iconography> (P)
		........<African characters> (P)
		............Yemonja (Yoruba deity) (I)

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... deity
	.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Yoruba (culture or style)
	.....(Southern Nigerian styles, West African (general), African by cultural or regional designation, African (general, continental cultures), styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	role/characteristic is .... mother
	.....(parents, ancestors (family relationships), people by family relationship, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Yemonja (Yoruba deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh 99004157
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................National Museum of African Art [online] (1999-)
	Yemoja (Yoruba deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	Yemaj (Yoruba deity)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Yemonja," accessed 17 May 2016
	................ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh 99004157