Oya

Orisa of winds, storms, the Niger, and mistress of the ancestral dead; Shango's favorite wife.

Parentage

• Yemoja

Domains

• wind storms
• niger river
• death ancestral spirits

Powers

• Summons winds, tornadoes, and lightning
• Controls the spirits of the dead
• Transforms into a buffalo

Epithets

• Ọya Ìyáńsan
• Ọya orírí
• Odò Ọya

Relations

• sibling: Olokun

Sources

• Wikipedia, Ọya; Mythopedia, Oya