Mãe-de-santo
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m-e-de-santo-189-18974461
title:
Mãe-de-santo
text:
A mãe-de-santo or mãe de santo (Portuguese pronunciation:, or ialorixá, is a priestess of Umbanda, Candomblé and Quimbanda, the Afro-Brazilian religions. In Portuguese those words translate as "mother of [the] saint[s]", which is an adaption of the Yoruba language word iyalorishá, a title given to priest women in African religions. Iyá means mother, and the contraction l'Orishá means "of Orishá". As a product of the syncretism, the word Orishá was adapted into Portuguese as saint. The priestesse
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Brazilian priestess
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A3e-de-santo
date created:
2006-07-16T05:00:07Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T15:52:37Z
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