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ABOUT OYA (feast day 4 December and 2 February)
African deities (orishas) are usually represented by
flowing, swirling images of colour and movement, depicting the
elemental energies rather than an anthropomorphised image. Oya,
goddess of storms, tempests and rain, dances in spirals
representing tornadoes and wind - the winds of change,
sweeping away the old in order to prepare for the new. She
wreaks destruction in order to find and prepare for underlying
calm.
She was the wife of Shango, Lord of Thunder and Fertility,
and together they fight side by side creating thunder,
lightning and destruction. She is goddess of the marketplace,
bringing fortune to her patrons. And she is the only African
orisha brave enough to confront death - she is goddess of
funeral processions and cemeteries (cemeteries being known as
"Oya's Garden").
To find out more about Oya - her history and how her energy applies to
you as a modern woman - you may join the innergoddess group (free) and
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