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Mami Wata Altar in New Orleans.

There's so much in this spirit but I just wanted to give my thoughts on her... Mami Wata or Mother of Water is one of a group of water spirits, some can be male but usually female. In African spirituality that worship a pantheon of water spirits that's popular in South East Nigeria there were also trading routes that brought Mami Wata's across the world.

She is a water spirit or Simbi spirit or a mermaid who is deeply rooted in Southeastern Nigeria a people who speaks of Mami Wata as a fertility goddess and associated her with sex and seduction like most mermaids are around the world. Mami Wata can seduce, bewitch, and intrigue humans especially men.

According to one legend, Mami Wata was very beautiful black woman with a voluptuous figure. She had long black hair, an entrancing gaze, a beautiful singing voice, and the lower half of her body was a tail or serpent. Like many other mermaids, Mami Wata like shinny objects like mirrors, jewelry, and intricate combs. Mami Wata is often depicted to have a large snake wrapped around her torso and it’s head on her breasts.

She's mostly is identified by others as Lubana, Martha the Dominator, La Siren, Yemaya, Martha the Dominator and various Bori spirits. I personally don't think she's is sincerise with these others spirits because there are many spirits and deities of water like mermaids from cultures all over the world.

Some do identify her as Snake Charmer the big snake wrapped around her is Damballah, and then theirs a smaller one that can be Ayida Wedo.

She has now became one the most successful African deity of modern times. While other deities are dismissed by Christianity and Islam which is ok.

She is a beautiful but can be vengeful if messed with the wrong way. That's why I say always approach the spirits the wright way not the internet way.

Mami Wata has many followers or devotees all over who performs different ceremonies/ rituals to her. Sometimes they may wear a cloth snake wrapped around the waist and have altars devoted to her that are decorated in various colors all these things help them get in a trance-like state when dancing.

Mami Wata has the ability to shapeshift into a mermaid, fish, large snake or a beautiful young woman. With skin that's describe as far skinned black women who wears a white clay or chalk like substance on her skin, some people say she's light skin but again there is more then one Simi or mermaids around the world so that tell me she can appear to sime one as light or dark skin.

Mami Watas role as a protector of mothers and children's health.

Mami Wata's is called upon for protection of the home, mothers and children also for fertility, wealth, love, good fortune.

Her colors are Red and White.

Edit: After ten minutes of scrolling a headache has started up between my eyes

And I remembered why I liked this colour of blue as a solid/slightly variegated colour, without any light blues against it.