
As a big body of water,she is:
Olokun Ajetiaye,Alagbalugbu omi
Ajawo okoto
Afailorogun pariwo
See see ni gbede
The inexhausitble sea,immense water,
Roaring eddy of seashells,
Querulous,though she has no rival
Vibrations from the deep
The phrase "inexhaustible sea" has the same import as the milk flowing endlessly from the generous "pot-breasted mother"[in the last post].
The mystery associated with the female genitalia echoes in "vibrations from the deep",although this phrase also evokes the sound of Gelede dance anklets,originally made of seashells.
Babatunde Lawal on Iyan Nla Yoruba Great Mother, in The Gelede Spectacle
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