YEMAYA: ORISHA, GODDESS, AND QUENN OF THE SEA BY RAVEN MORGAINE D&D Plush a single battered knight returns

a single battered knight returns

original photographs

and Todd Putnam

Elliot Raslo

While each painting is a bold

YEMAYA: ORISHA, GODDESS, AND QUENN OF THE SEA BY RAVEN MORGAINE D&D Plush a single battered knight returnsYemaya, queen of the sea, first emerged in Yorubaland (now in modern Nigeria). A primordial deity, considered the mother of all, she is perceived by some to be at the root of numerous ancient goddesses, including Isis. During the Middle Passage, Yemaya accompanied her enslaved devotees to the Western Hemisphere, where her eventual association with the Virgin Mary helped her veneration take root and flourish. No longer a local water spirit, she is