This is because according to some myths, she married the great god Ogun in the form of a buffalo.īelow is a list of the editor’s top picks featuring Oya statue.
She’s sometimes portrayed with a turban on her head, twisted to look like the horns of a buffalo. Oya was often depicted wearing the color of wine, which was said to be her favorite color, and displaying nine whirlwinds since nine was her sacred number. Not very much is known about Oya’s origins or her family but some sources say that she was married to her brother, Shango, and some say that she later married Ogun, the god of iron and metal work.
This is why she came to be known as the ‘mother of nine’. However, she took a sacred cloth with the colors of the rainbow and made a sacrifice out of it (to whom she made the sacrifice isn’t known) and as a result, she miraculously gave birth to 9 children: four sets of twins and the ninth child, Egungun. According to some sources, Oya was barren or could only have stillborn children. Oya and her brother Shango were born to the Great Sea Mother, the goddess Yemaya, but it’s not clear who their father was. Ayi Lo Da – ‘She Who Turns and Changes’.Ayabu Nikua – meaning ‘The Queen of Death’.Oya-ajere – meaning the ‘Carrier of the Container of Fire’.Oya-Iyansan – meaning the ‘Mother of Nine’.She was known by several names in Yoruban mythology including: Oya was an Orisha in Yoruba religion, meaning that she was a spirit sent by one of the three manifestations of the Supreme God, known as Olodumare.
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