Oya

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deity orisha

Oya is a powerful Yoruba orisha associated with storms, winds, transformation, and the Niger River.

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf deity ⓘ
orisha ⓘ
associatedReligion Candomblé ⓘ
Santería ⓘ
Umbanda ⓘ
associatedWith Niger River ⓘ
ancestors ⓘ
change ⓘ
hurricanes ⓘ
lightning ⓘ
spirits of the dead ⓘ
thunderstorms ⓘ
tornadoes ⓘ
color brown ⓘ
maroon ⓘ
purple ⓘ
red ⓘ
culture Yoruba religion ⓘ
domain cemeteries ⓘ
death ⓘ
marketplaces ⓘ
rebirth ⓘ
storms ⓘ
transformation ⓘ
winds ⓘ
element air ⓘ
fire ⓘ
ethnicGroup Yoruba people ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
languageOfName Yoruba language ⓘ
religion Yoruba religion ⓘ
role goddess of storms ⓘ
goddess of transformation ⓘ
goddess of winds ⓘ
guardian of the cemetery gates ⓘ
guide of the dead ⓘ
patron of marketplaces ⓘ
warrior goddess ⓘ
sacredAnimal buffalo ⓘ
sacredNumber 9 ⓘ
sacredPlace Niger River ⓘ
spouse Ogun ⓘ
Shango ⓘ
symbol buffalo ⓘ
fly whisk ⓘ
machete ⓘ
sword ⓘ
whirlwind ⓘ
syncretizedWith Saint Barbara ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shango → consort → Oya ⓘ
Oshun → relatedDeity → Oya ⓘ
Shango → spouse → Oya ⓘ