Oshun’s advice consisted of Oya cutting off her ears and cooking them in a soup which she would later serve to Chango. Sign in. **in the time since the writing of this article, I have completed several initiations in Lukumi. Very few of us can, so we may want to learn to be okay, if we marry or are dating a very powerful and intense man with a high Shango energy (or fire element) with “outsourcing” some aspect of these roles.
Oya disappeared in the town of Ira Shango … Sometimes I think I'm more like Oya. Oya is sometime considered one of three of Shango’s wives along with Oshun and Oba. Oya is known as well as Iya Sán (Mèsán) the mother of 9 children. And Oshun might be afraid of adventure. These goddesses are also associated with atmospheric phenomena; Oba is associated with wild clouds, Oya is associated with tornados, and Oshun is associated with gathering darkness. Oya is also the air we breathe; she provides the air with the right amount of oxygen to keep us alive and functioning. OYA = Guardian Between Life & Death “In Yoruba mythology, Egungun-Oya is a Goddess of divination. The winds of Oya carry the pollen of different plants from one place to another. They are the wives of Shango, who was discussed in the previous chapter. And that's me — who can Oshun as fiercely as the next person. Egungun refers to the collective spirits of the Ancestral dead; the Orisha Oya is seen as the mother of the Egun.“ Oya is one of the most powerful African Goddess – Deity = Orisha = Vodun.
Oya is also the air we breathe, she provides the air with the right amount of oxyg Oya is the favorite wife of Shango, the only wife who remained true to him until the end, leaving Oyo with him and becoming a deity when he did. The followers are distinguished by a particular kind of reddish beads which are always tied around their necks. Commonly known as Oya Yoruba or Oya Orisha – Orisha is Spirit in human form – She rules extremes in weather: Wind, rain, thunder and lightning; Death and rebirth. She is Goddess of the Niger River, which is called the River Oya (odo Oya), but she anifests herself as the strong wind that precedes a thunderstorm. Labels: Chango, Imazighen, Ogun, Oshun, Oya, … Watch Queue Queue Shango – Depending on the stories or tradition, Oya and Shango are brother and sister, not husband and wife. In fact a certain confluence of two rivers at a rapid in one of the wetern state of Nigeria is named after Osun and Oya due to the intimidating turbulence that marks the point of intersetion. Oya is an awesomely strong face of the beautiful prism that is the Divine Feminine. Oba, beautiful Yoruba river spirit, is overshadowed by other more famous river orishas like Oshun, Oya, and Yemaya, who began her incarnation as the orisha of the Ogun River.Being overshadowed is the central theme of Oba’s sole surviving myth.
Time to think more about Ogun. During the wars of the 19th century, her centers of worship moved to the more secure town Ogbomosho. She cleanses Maferefun Oya! Tiger-mummy extraordinaire. One of the most important roles that Oshun plays is that of the goddess of the sweet waters and the protective deity of the River Oshun in Nigeria. She is considered the Crone aspect of this Triple goddess trilogy. … She promotes storms, strong or hurricane winds and sparks.
Maferefun Oshun! So a woman who wants to be her husband’s all should figure out how to balance the Oba, Oshun, and Oya in herself. Oya winds carrying different pollen of one plant to another location. Ashe! Siblings.