Our Sacred Oceans

This year for Litha my coven will be honoring Yemaya, the ancestral goddess of the ocean.  Yemaya appears in the African Yoruban tradition and in various Afro-Caribbean traditions.  In addition to the ocean, she oversees family and community matters, transformations and the new year.  As part of my preparation for this sabbat, I have gathered some resources about Yemaya and the ocean.

Resource List

Yemaya

These links explain about Yemaya, her myths, things associated with her, and some practices of her followers.

• http://www.goddessgift.com/goddess-myths/yemaya-goddess.htm
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iemanjá
• http://members.tripod.com/zer0dmx/gods/yemaya.html
• http://www.thaliatook.com/AMGG/yemaya.html

Ocean Symbolism

Here are some thoughts on what the ocean represents, its symbolic creatures, and water correspondences.

• http://en.mimi.hu/dreams/ocean.html
• http://www.dreamota.com/dream-dictionary/places/ocean.html
• http://www.whats-your-sign.com/symbolic-meanings-of-fish.html
• http://www.asiya.org/article.php/WaterCorrespondences

About the Ocean

Learn about ocean geography and biology, weather patterns, and seafood so you can make responsible choices.

• http://www.ocean.com/
• http://www.gdrc.org/oceans/fsheet-01.html
• http://marinebio.org/Oceans/Creatures.asp
• http://www.seafoodchoices.com/home.php

Sounds and Pictures

Visit the ocean in your mind through the magic of the Internet!

• http://www.hickerphoto.com/ocean-pictures-photos.htm
• http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/photos/oceans.html
• http://www.iserenity.com/ocean/ocean.htm
• http://www.iserenity.com/whale/whale.htm

Protecting the Ocean

Help take care of the ocean so she will always be able to take care of us.

• http://www.oceanconservancy.org
• http://marinebio.org/Oceans/Conservation/
• http://www.oceanconserve.org/
• http://www.conservationmagazine.org/articles/v8n3/10-solutions-to-save-the-ocean/