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Visual depiction of Moremi

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Vol. II · Polytheism · love

Moremi

Yoruba heroic mother and protector


dressed in the masquerade costume of the Igbo enemies she infiltrated to save Ile-Ife, her sacrifice immortalized

Organization
Mixed Bronze/Iron-Age pantheons
Time period
varies
Location
varies
Archetype
love

Source attribution

This visual depiction is one of 1,947 in the archive — a creative historical rendering of how Mixed Pantheons (set 5) has expressed the divine. The depiction is interpretive, not iconographic.