Ọya
Ọya (Yorùbá: Ọya, also known as Oyá or Oiá; Yàńsàn-án or Yansã; and Iansá or Iansã in Latin America) is an Orisha of winds, lightning, and violent storms. As a river deity she is also regarded as a deity of children, able to provide children to her devotees or those who come to her banks at the Niger river.
| Ọya | |
|---|---|
Storms, wind, thunder, lightning, the dead | |
| Member of Orisha | |
Iansã Sculpture at the Catacumba Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |
| Other names | Oyá or Oiá; Yàńsàn-án or Yansã; and Iansá or Iansã |
| Venerated in | Yorùbá religion, Umbanda, Candomble, Quimbanda, Santeria, Haitian Vodou, Folk Catholicism |
| Symbol | lightning, the sword or machete, the flywhisk, water buffalo |
| Color | purple or red/burgundy, the rainbow |
| Region | Nigeria, Benin, Latin America |
| Ethnic group | Yorùbá |
| Personal information | |
| Spouse | Shango |
| Equivalents | |
| Haitian equivalent | Maman Brigitte |
| Catholic equivalent | Saint Brigid |
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