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In Yoruba mythology, 'Oya' (Alternative spellings: 'Oiá', 'Iansã', 'Iansan'), is the Goddess of the Niger River. She is seen in aspects of warrior-goddess of wind, lightning, fertility, fire and magic. She creates hurricanes and tornadoes and guards the underworld[1].
Her full name is 'Oya-Yansan', which means "mother of nine." In Brazil, in candomble she is generally saluted with the phrase "Èpa heyi!. while in Cuban-derived Yórùbá traditions, the faithful often salute her by saying "Hekua hey Yansa."
She is closely associated with many Orishas, but most especially Shango/Changó, Oggun, Oba (Obba), Yewá/Euá and Ochún/Oxum. Oyá is also called "the one who puts on pants to go to war" and "the one who grows a beard to go to war".
As the Spirit of the Wind, Oya manifests in Creation in the forms as sudden and drastic change, strong storms, and the flash of the marketplace. Oya's representation of wind, creation, and death is not as arbitrary as it may seem. What is the first thing you do at the moment of birth? You breathe. Your breath keeps you alive. Your breath is wind and when you die, Oya calls it back to her.
Oya has a sister named Ayao that is received by her initiates.
Oya has been syncretized in Santeria with the Catholic images of Our Lady Of Candelaria (Our Lady of the Presentation) and St. Theresa
In Brasilian Umbanda she is represented by Saint Barbara.
1. Oya at Pantheon.org
OYA, Judith Gleason, Harper, San Francisco, 1992 (Shamballah, 1987), ISBN 0-06-250461-4
★ Orixá
In Yoruba mythology, 'Oya' (Alternative spellings: 'Oiá', 'Iansã', 'Iansan'), is the Goddess of the Niger River. She is seen in aspects of warrior-goddess of wind, lightning, fertility, fire and magic. She creates hurricanes and tornadoes and guards the underworld[1].
Her full name is 'Oya-Yansan', which means "mother of nine." In Brazil, in candomble she is generally saluted with the phrase "Èpa heyi!. while in Cuban-derived Yórùbá traditions, the faithful often salute her by saying "Hekua hey Yansa."
She is closely associated with many Orishas, but most especially Shango/Changó, Oggun, Oba (Obba), Yewá/Euá and Ochún/Oxum. Oyá is also called "the one who puts on pants to go to war" and "the one who grows a beard to go to war".
As the Spirit of the Wind, Oya manifests in Creation in the forms as sudden and drastic change, strong storms, and the flash of the marketplace. Oya's representation of wind, creation, and death is not as arbitrary as it may seem. What is the first thing you do at the moment of birth? You breathe. Your breath keeps you alive. Your breath is wind and when you die, Oya calls it back to her.
Oya has a sister named Ayao that is received by her initiates.
Oya has been syncretized in Santeria with the Catholic images of Our Lady Of Candelaria (Our Lady of the Presentation) and St. Theresa
In Brasilian Umbanda she is represented by Saint Barbara.
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References
Notes
1. Oya at Pantheon.org
Sources
OYA, Judith Gleason, Harper, San Francisco, 1992 (Shamballah, 1987), ISBN 0-06-250461-4
External links
★ Orixá
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