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In Yoruba mythology, Oya (Alternative spellings: Oiá, Iansã, Iansan), is the Undergoddess of the Niger River. Oya has been syncretized in Santería with the Catholic images of the Virgin of Candelaria

She is seen in aspects as the warrior-spirit of the wind, lightning, fertility, fire, and magic. She creates hurricanes and tornadoes, and guards the underworld.[1] She is the spirit of tornadoes (which are said to be her whirling skirts as she dances), lightning (the power of which she acquired from her husband, Shango), earthquakes, and any kind of destruction. Beyond destruction, Oya is the spirit of change, transition, and the chaos that often brings it about. Her association with the marketplace, and more specifically with the gates of cemeteries (as opposed to the entire underworld), reveals her in her aspect as facilitator of transition. Oyá, when danced, often has a horse tail. Her clothes have all the colors but black. She has a face expression of really big and open eyes, and she breathes and blows up her chins, and often screams.
Oya's close association with the passage from life into death also means she is one of the few Orishas which are worshiped alongside the Egun ancestors, whose cult is most often distinct from that of the Orishas. In the stories of the faith, she can transform herself into a water buffalo. One of her preferred offerings is the eggplant.

Na Mitologia Yoruba, o nome Oyá provém do rio de mesmo nome na Nigéria, onde seu culto é realizado, atualmente chamado de rio Níger. É uma divindade das águas como Oxum e Iemanjá, mas também é relacionada ao elemento ar, sendo uma das divindades que controla os ventos. Costuma ser reverenciada antes de Xangô, como o vento personificado que precede a tempestade que é uma das representações do Orixá do Fogo. Assim como a Orixá Obá, Oyá também está relacionada ao culto dos mortos, onde recebeu de Xangô a incumbência de guiá-los a um dos nove céus de acordo com suas ações, para assumir tal cargo recebeu do feiticeiro Oxóssi uma espécie de erukê especial chamado de Eruexim com o qual estaria protegida dos Eguns. O nome Iansã trata-se de um título que Oyá recebeu de Xangô que faz referência ao entardecer, Iansã=A mãe do céu rosado ou A mãe do entardecer. Era como ele a chamava pois dizia que ela era radiante como o entardecer.

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Oshun, or Ochun (pronounced [ɔʃún]) in the Yoruba religion, is an Orisha who reigns over love, intimacy, beauty, wealth and diplomacy. She is worshipped also in Brazilian Candomblé Ketu, with the name spelled Oxum. She should not be confused, however, with a different Orisha of a similar name spelled "Osun," who is the protector of the Ori, or our heads and inner souls. ochun relates mostly to woman but also man.
Ọṣhun is beneficent, generous and very kind. She does, however, have a horrific temper, one which she seldom ever loses. When she does, it causes untold destruction. Oshun is said to have gone to a drum festival one day and to have fallen in love with the king-dancer Shango, god of lightning & thunder. Since that day, Shango has been married to Oba, Oya, and Oshun, though Oshun is said to be considered his principal wife.


Osun, Oshun, Ochun ou Oxum, na Mitologia Yoruba é um orixá feminino. O seu nome deriva do rio Osun, que corre na Iorubalândia, região nigeriana de Ijexá e Ijebu. Identificada no jogo do merindilogun pelos odu ejioko e Ôxê, é representada pelo candomblé, material e imaterialmente, por meio do assentamento sagrado denominado igba oxum.
Oxum é um Orixá feminino da nação Ijexá, adotada e cultuada em todas as religiões afro-brasileiras. É o Orixá das águas doces dos rios e cachoeiras, da riqueza, do amor, da prosperidade e da beleza. Em Oxum, os fiéis buscam auxílio para a solução de problemas no amor, uma vez que ela é a responsável pelas uniões, e também na vida financeira, a que se deve sua denominação de "Senhora do Ouro", que outrora era do Cobre, por ser o metal mais valioso da época.

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For the Togolese prefecture, see Ogou, Togo.
In the Yoruba and Haitian traditional belief system, Ogun (or Ogoun, Ogún, Ogou, Ogum, Oggun) is an orisha and loa who presides over iron, hunting, politics and war. He is the patron of smiths, and is usually displayed with a number of attributes: a machete or sabre, rum and tobacco. He is one of the husbands of Erzulie, Oshun, and Oya and a friend to Eshu.
Ogun is the traditional warrior and is seen as a powerful deity of metal work, similar to Ares and Hephaestus in Greek mythology and Visvakarma in classical Hinduism. He is also prominently represented as Saint George in the syncretic traditions of contemporary Brazil. As such, Ogun is mighty, powerful and triumphal, yet is also known to exhibit the rage and destructiveness of the warrior whose strength and violence must not turn against the community he serves. Perhaps linked to this theme is the new face he has taken on in Haiti which is not exactly related to his African roots, that of a powerful political leader.[1]
He gives strength through prophecy and magic. It is Ogun who is said to have planted the idea in the heads of, led and given power to the slaves for the Haitian Revolution of 1804. Therefore, he is often called in the contemporary period to help the people of Haiti to obtain a government that is more responsive to their needs.