Oya
Yoruba · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
Orisa of winds, storms, the Niger, and mistress of the ancestral dead; Shango's favorite wife.
Parentage
- parent: 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 Oya, the mother of nine (Ìyá-mẹ̀sàn), her standing praise-nameJ. M. Gleason, Oya: In Praise of an African Goddess (1987) (secondary)
- Ọya orírí Oya the magnificent/swift one (storm-wind epithet)J. M. Gleason, Oya: In Praise of an African Goddess (1987) (secondary)
- Odò Ọya the River Oya (the Niger)Gleason, Oya: In Praise of the Goddess (1987) (secondary)
Relations
- sibling: OlokunFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Yemoja) per the figures' cited genealogy.
Sources
- existence: Wikipedia, Ọya; Mythopedia, Oya (secondary)