Origin: Niger River Valley
Classification: Orisha of Metamorphosis

Introduction
Oya is the hurricane that clears decay—her winds carry the Sankofa cry: "What falls, rises transformed."

Cosmic Role

Domain: Storms, markets, cemetery gates

Sacred Duty: Guardian of egúngún (ancestors)

Energy Signature: Chaotic rebirth, electric liberation

Sacred Expressions
Manifests as:

Whirlwind lifting dust into spiral galaxies

Market women’s bargaining crescendos

Buffalo charging through savannah

Ancestral Lineage

Consort: Ṣàngó (thunder)

Sisters: Yemoja, Oshun

Names & Epithets

Iyáǹsá (Mother of Nine)

Ẹ̀ǵbẹ́ Àwọn Ìyá Wa (Our Mothers' Collective)

Oya Mákàn (The Fierce)

Powers

Commands winds/lightning

Governs economic exchange (Ajé)

Opens spirit-world gates

Modern Resonance

"In Kenyan feminists occupying parliament,
In Caribbean hurricanes cleansing shores—Oya’s tempest still dismantles empires."