Aggayú Solá is the oricha of the volcano, the desert wilderness, and the fire that burns within the earth, the deep counterpart to Changó's lightning in the sky. He is above all the ferryman of the great river, a figure of immense strength who bears crushing burdens and carries travelers across the water, and he is invoked by those who must cross a hard passage in life. His emblems are a wooden staff and oars, nine-colored beads, and the bull; his throne is a painted mortar. Cuban patakí most often name him as the father of Changó, the thunder-king whom Yemayá bore and raised, though the houses of Ocha differ, some making Aggayú the elder brother or a warrior double of Changó rather than his father. In Cuba he is syncretized with Saint Christopher (San Cristóbal), the giant who carried the Christ child across the river, patron of the city of Havana.