John Shaqi
Yoruba500 BCE – present

Ọya

West Africa

Ọya is one of the principal female deities of the Yoruba pantheon. She is the oriṣa of winds, lightning, and storms and is the only oriṣa capable of controlling the Eégún, a power given to her by Babalú Ayé.

Ọya

Ọya

Ọya is one of the principal female deities of the Yoruba pantheon. She is the oriṣa of winds, lightning, and storms and is the only oriṣa capable of controlling the Eégún, a power given to her by Babalú Ayé.

Pantheon: Yoruba Culture: Yoruba Civilization: West Africa Period: 500 BCE – present

Source: Wikipedia

Sources & Notes

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%BB%8Cya

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