Eyemọtẹ

Yoruba Etymology Folk etymology states it comes from the phrase yo èyé mọ́ tẹ́ mother don't to be put to shame, believed to be a play on what was her original birth name yo Ifájẹ́mitẹ́ Ifa did not allow me to be put to shame, which was later shortened with the word yo èyé (a term used as a title for older women or highly regarded women or priestesses) to become Èyémọ̀tẹ́. Pronunciation Èyémọ̀tẹ́ Proper noun Èyémọ̀tẹ́ yo Èkìtì a legendary female leader, healer, seer and advisor of the town of yo Iyìn. Originally known by the name of yo Ifájẹ́mitẹ́, she was deified as an ancestral deity upon her death. She is regarded as a deity of protection and fertility, able to end famine and bring rain Derived terms yo Ọbànị̀fọ̀n yo Ọlụ́a yo Yoruba religion