Nigerian-CitedRiver and Wind Òrìṣà

Ọya

Also known in Yorùbá as: Ọya Iyansan · Yánsàn · Ọya Tete

Domain

the Niger river; winds, storms, transformation, the marketplace, the boundary between life and death (with the egúngún)

Ewò

  • mutton in some traditions

Primary sources

  • · Gleason 1987 'Oya: In Praise of an African Goddess'
  • · Abimbola 1977
  • · Olupona 2011
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