Case: GG-2026-213
Status: Historic
Documentation rating: C
Location: Niger Delta, Southeastern Nigeria, Nigeria
Mami Wata is the name applied to a widespread and diverse complex of water spirits honored across large parts of West and Central Africa and throughout the African Atlantic diaspora. Often represented as a beautiful human figure, mermaid, snake charmer, or combination of these forms, Mami Wata is associated with water, wealth, beauty, sexuality, healing, divination, danger and the possibility of dramatic personal transformation. Although modern imagery sometimes presents Mami Wata as one standardized goddess or mermaid, the tradition includes multiple related spirits and local interpretations…
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