Origin: Ekiti rainforests
Classification: Forest Spirit, Botanical Wisdom-Keeper

Introduction
Aja taught Orunmila the language of chlorophyll—her breath the scent of crushed ewe-asa. 

"She whispers: 'Every root is a nerve ending of Olódùmarè.'

Cosmic Role

Domain: Wild vegetation, animal communication

Sacred Duty: Guardian of uncultivated wisdom

Energy Signature: Feral gentleness, mycelial intelligence

Sacred Expressions
Manifests as:

Golden eyes in mahogany shadows

Medicinal steam in moonlit clearings

Strangler figs embracing colonial ruins

Ancestral Lineage

Mentor to: Osanyin (healing deity)

Kin to: Iroko (forest elder)

Names & Epithets

Onígbó (Lady of the Woods)

Ìyá Amọ̀tékùn (Mother Leopard)

Aje Saluga (Healer of the Poor)

Powers

Animates plants for protection

Commands insects as messengers

Conceals sacred groves from exploiters

Modern Resonance

"In Nigerian ethnobotanists documenting cures,
In Congo Basin anti-logging resistance—Aja’s vines still choke the destructive.