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gael-garcia · 2 months

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Mami Wata (2023)

Directed by C.J. Obasi Cinematography by Lílis Soares

#mami wata #mami wata 2023 #cj obasi #cj fiery obasi #nigerian cinema #dailyworldcinema #world cinema #lílis soares #what a f_ing visual feast my goodness!!! soares i am paying attention!!!!#and evelyne is so beautiful i just wanted to stareee #Evelyne Ily Juhen #Uzoamaka Aniunoh #gifs #filmgifs #filmedit #this is what i need when filmmakers deliberately choose b&w. tell me why right away.#delicious contrast barely did any editing

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artist-ellen · 9 months

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A Nigerian inspired mermaid!

The colours are way more saturated than what I usually go for, but when I showed it to my friends they wanted the very ornate super saturated golds so here we are. You would not believe how many color variations I tested. Vibrant, high saturation coloured fabric with beautiful patterns are staples in Nigerian fashion. I had to try my best! Also I got a little distracted by research into Mami Wata thus the serpent imagery.

I am the artist! Do not post without permission & credit! Thank you! Come visit me over on: instagram.com/ellenartistic or tiktok: @ellenartistic

#historical mermaid #historical mermay #mermaid #nigerian fashion #mami wata #ellenart #lnart #historically inspired #collection of mermaids

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dare-g · 6 months

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Mami Wata (2023)

#mami wata #rita edochie #c.j. obasi #uzoamaka aniunoh #evelyne ily #talks

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faerytalemagick · 2 months

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Deities of Love 💓🫧🍓Happy Valentine's day lovely witches 🪐 sending only love and happiness your way 🌕🌲 - Absolutely loved making this post and learning about new deities and their fascinating realms 🕯️

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jstor · 1 year

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Oh hey, MERMAIDS!

#mermaid #mermaids #little mermaid #sirens #merfolk #mami wata #Atargatis #jstor daily #jstor #academic research #research

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lonelyspelltoconjureyou · 9 months

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Yemaya by Kypris Aquarelas

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my-hoodoo-library · 3 months

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HELLO. I made a discord for those interested in black spiritualism, community and hoodoo.

#non blacks dni #hoodoo #booklr #recs #mami wata #african american history #african american literature #african american #african american culture #african american spirituality #black spirituality #black history #book recs

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howhow326 · 3 months

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For black history month, I think we should begin popularizing monsters from the African continent the same way European monsters are overpopularized. To that end, here's a list of some of the most famous folkloric figures from Africa!

Mmoatia

Origin: Ghana (Akan)

Creature it is not: Dwarf

(Singular: Aboatia) Mmoatia are a subclass of abosom (spirits in between Man and Creator) that live in the forests of Ghana. They are short, have curved noses, backwards feet, and a unique language made up of only whistling sounds. Whistling in the forest is a sure way to get their attention. According to legend, they are phenomenal herbalists that will sometimes share their knowledge with humans. When a person gets lost in the woods, they are said to have been taken by Mmoatia. Humans who come back after being taken will become incredible medicine men. In Ghana, Dust Devils are called "Mmoatia Mframa" (Wind of Mmoatia) because they are belived to be a portal to their world similar to how fairyrings are treated in Ireland.

Mmoatia are divided into three tribes: Black, White, and Red. Black Mmoatia are supposedly harmless, while White and Red ones are always up to some kind of mischief.

Adze

Origin: Ghana (Ewe)

Creature it is not: Vampire

In Ewe culture, the Adze is a type of demonic spirit associated with witchcraft. They take the form of a fire fly that, during the night, crawls inside human beings in order to posses them. People possesd by the Adze are said to be witches, who use the spirit to slowly drain the life force of people that they envy (Old witches target the young, Poor witches target the wealthy, enslaved witches target their masters as they should).

When targeting a person, the Adze will leave it's host human during the night and crawl into the house of the victim. When it's close, it will drain blood from the victim like a mosquito.

Werehyena

Origin: Pan-African

Creature it is not: Werewolf

Just like how there are Werewolf stories all over Europe, there are Werehyena stories all over Africa. Compared to werewolves, which are said to be men cursed to be monsters, Werehyenas are actually monsters that disguise themselves as humans only to eat it's friends during the night. The people most likely to be werehyenas are village outsiders and blacksmiths, who are associated with magic.

In Angola, there is a similar (but not the same) creature to the werehyena called the Kishi. It is literally a two-faced demon that has a handsome man's body and face in the front, and a hyena's face in the back. This creature lures unsuspecting women into relationships so that it may eat them. If the Kishi has any male children with it's prey, it teaches them the art of femicide.

Mami Wata

Origin: Pan-African

Creature it is not: Mermaid (ok, it kinda is a mermaid but I need to keep the joke running)

Even more wide-spread than the Werehyena, Mami Wata is a figure so popular that it is common for water spirits in Africa to be retroactively labeld as Mami Wata and take on her iconography.

The most famous picture of Mami Wata is actually a french painting of a black Caribbean snake charmer, who west africans later identified as Her. Mami Wata is worshipped as a powerful, female river spirit that controls the flow of the river, the rate at which fish can be caught, the money that men can make, and several other things important to humanity. She is also said to be a seductress, who sleeps with unsuspecting men only to later kill them for cheating on their wives. Indeed, Mami Wata is a defender of women and a slayer of sinful and abusive men.

In many places, it is common to believe that women who drown or go missing in bodies of water were taken by Mami Wata to be taught magic. The women who return become pristessess to her, while the women who never come back become new Mami Watas.

Impundulu

Origin: South Africa (Zulu)

Creature it is not: Thunderbird (no hate, Thunderbird gets constantly thrown into things where it shouldn't be by people who don't understand it. And those people tend to be not native)

Impundulu, or Lightning Bird (NOT THUNDER BIRD), is a person sized Hamerkop bird that has the power to control the weather and summon lightning. It is also creature of evil magic, allied with witches and it has a never ending hunger for blood. It is said to sometimes take the form of a handsom young men in order to seduce women (why dose that keep happening).

Impundulu are immortal, and the ones that serve as witch familiars are passed down in the family as the old master dies and the child becomes grown. The bird is immune to gunshots, stabbing, drowning, and poison. It's only weakness is fire.

#black history month #west african mythology #west african folklore #african fairy #african fantasy #fantasy #africanjujuism #dnd #d&d #mmoatia #adze #werehyena #kishi #mami wata #impundulu #blackblr

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artfilmfan · 8 months

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film poster for C.J. “Fiery” Obasi’s "Mami Wata"

#mami wata #african #west african

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conjuremanj · 1 month

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Mama Wata.

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.

Offerings she likes gifts of good food and drink like good smelling drinks/alcohol, fragrances like powders, incense, and soaps and also jewellery.