Oya
Yoruba orisha of winds, lightning, and transformation through destruction. Oya guards the gates of cemeteries and transforms the dead. She wields lightning and brings change through storms. Oya represents fierce feminine power, transformation, the marketplace, and ancestral connection. Her winds clear away the old to make space for the new. She embodies the warrior woman, protector, and agent of necessary change.
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