Oya
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Oya (known as Oyá or Oiá; Yansá or Yansã; and Iansá or Iansã in Latin America) is an Orisha. She is either syncretized with the Virgin of Candelaria or St. Therese of Lisieux.
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Name
In Yoruba, the name Oya literally means "She Tore".[1] She is known as Ọya-Iyansan – the "mother of nine." This is due to the Niger River (known to the Yoruba as the Odo-Ọya) traditionally being known for having nine tributaries.[2]
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Notes
- ↑ Sexuality and the world's religions - David W. Machacek. Books.google.com. Retrieved 2012-09-24.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ A Bahia de Santa Bárbara
References
- OYA, Judith Gleason, Harper, San Francisco, 1992 (Shamballah, 1987), ISBN 0-06-250461-4
- Charles Spencer King.,"Nature's Ancient Religion" ISBN 978-1-4404-1733-7
