Yemaya is a queen who will get her way. She “is” current and eventually will get bored and up-grade. Originally Olodumare gave her dominion over all household chores, in heaven Yemaya was the original housekeeper. Yemaya felt as if it was too humble of a lifestyle and she received no gratitude but more work for her efforts. Her mood became so bad that Orisanla’s head was disturbed and he suffered from migraines. When Yemaya discovered that she was the source of Orisanla’s discomfort she apologized and cleaned his head. He immediately recovered, full of gratitude he petitioned Olodumare to expand Yemaya’s office to every head he created. It was granted and Yemaya was also given the keys to the cemetery in order to prevent heads from entering the grave before their time. Yemaya was happy with her new position but eventually became miserable because of the company of the grave. One day Yemaya met Oya, the river queen who was complaining about the mindless fish she ruled. Yemaya exaggerated how expansive and talkative her kingdom was. Without seeing the grave she agreed to permanently switch offices with Oya. Till this day Oya has never forgiven Yemaya but Yemaya was happy.

            After some time had passed Yemaya decided to visit humans and while approaching she noticed all of the impurities they threw into the oceans. She used the current to push all of the men's waists back ashore. Olokun noticed this kind work and gave Yemaya reign over all of the oceans. From time to time Yemaya gets bored and ventures on land. A powerful king or warrior always desires to keep Yemaya to himself and if she cannot escape Shango or Olokun rescues her.

In this story Yemaya is water, the system that uses the most water is the lymphatic system. The lymphatic system cleans the residue left behind from digestion, cell death, bacteria and infections. The different kings are the different organs that the lymph works closely with: large intestine, spleen, pancreas, liver, spinal cord, brain and skin.