The goddess of love and death, Yew, is the most mysterious of all the African-Brazilian deities. She has eluded ethnographers working both in Africa and Latin America, and appears only as a... See full summary

The goddess of love and death, Yew, is the most mysterious of all the African-Brazilian deities. She has eluded ethnographers working both in Africa and Latin America, and appears only as a footnote in the extensive bibliography on Yoruba culture and religion. For almost fifty years there was only one person initiated to Yew in Brazil, but within the last decade temples have begun to initiate young girls to this deity. In this film 6 young women initiated to Yew discuss possession, and recall dreams of the deity. The film also presents the voice of a lady initiated to Yew in Brazil in the late 40s.