She is a strong guardian and protector; women struggling might pray to Oya for wisdom and strength. Aje is the Yoruba goddess of business, riches, and prosperity. She is involved with the business ...

Inspired by the ancient African deities known as Orixa and the traditions of Yoruba people as ... This world needs Oya: Orisha of the hurricane, goddess of the wind. Step into her world, as ...

a collection of stories from the widespread tribe that speaks the Yoruba language. Oya is one of many orisha, or deities, who can move between the human and divine realms. With control over the ...

You do not beat the child of the goddess and get its applause. Professor Karin Barber is a foremost authority in Yoruba praise names ... is from a devotee of Oya which stressed the ferocity ...

No, she was portraying Oshun, a Yoruba Orisha," Facebook user Tasha Robinson wrote in a post Sunday. "Sensual, sexual, beautiful Goddess [and] deity who is a healer, gives life, growth ...

and in traditional Yoruba beliefs, she is the goddess of fresh water and waterfalls, with her worshippers paying tribute to her at lakes, streams, and canals; as the messenger of the Orisha ...

The religion focuses on building relationships between human beings and powerful, but mortal, spirits, called Orishas ... Lady of Charity [Ochún] - the Yoruba goddess of the river, associated ...

(Oya is the Orisha goddess of storms, winds, change and rebirth. The last one — rebirth — is particularly ironic since human Oya longs to be pregnant and cannot seem to achieve this goal.) ...