Oya is also one of the Orichas whom is very protective of her children. Those who call upon Her. Oya is our with rapid inner and outer transformation. (CHANGE). Oya, is about absolute change (especially for the good) and is not a slow or very patient energy. Oya when called upon can clear everything in your journey and path. It is understood, when petitioning Oya or asking for her assistance to be detailed clear of ones petition. She loves to clear paths instantly and leave you dumb founded.
"Oya" is the Oricha of the Winds (change). She is feared by many people because She brings about
instant and sudden structural change in people, Spirits, as well as materialistic things. Oya does not rearrange the furniture in the house. Oya is known to bring down the skyscraper to the ground and blow away the dust particles until there is nothing left.
Oya is said to be the Orisha of rebirth, new life, and the mother to create a new path. This is due to the her strength to pull you into the darkness, guide you, clear your path through the dark and cofussion and spit you out with a new journey. Oya is the only Oricha who can destroy your old path and give birth to a new one. She is known to be the of hope. When ever you think your life is at rock bottom, pettition Oya and she will clear all and give you s fresh start.
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Pataki of Oya
WHO IS OYA?
Lets start by saying Oya means "She who tore"
Oya is one of the most common known youruban Orichas. Oya is the goddess of Storms and Winds, and Her realm ranges from tornadoes to hurricanes. Her name means "She Who Tore" in Yoruba. She is the master of manifestation. She can manifest as winds ranging from the gentlest breeze to the raging hurricane or cyclone. Oya is also know to be a fierce Warrior Oricha. Especially when she is around her Shango. She will protect him with all her strength as he is her one and only true love.
Oya is sometimes referred to as one of the Dark goddesses because while clearing your path just like a tornado she will suck you in to the darkness and you may experience negative energy, destruction, hatred and even the thought of giving up. She will spin you around her winds of changes of tornado and then release you with a new beginning. That is why she is feared mainly. Many individuals have petition Oya and accidently forget to be as detail as possible. Many have lost treasures from their lives accidentally and become upset of this action. Thus fearing her.
Oya is the guardian between the realms of life and death. She gives assistance and guidance to those when they make their final transition into the spiritual world. Oya is the gate keeper to the spiritual world. Many mistaken her to be the guardian of the cemetery. This is a myth. The reason of this confusion is turned to the fact that she is known to be around the gates of the cemeteries. Please read "Dia de los muertos" to understand Oyas presence around cemeteries. It is a fact that Oya by closing or opening the gates of the spiritual world may either hold back the ancestor spirit or call it forth.
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OYA IS and is NOT.
Oya does not use charms or magick and is not a witch. Many distinct this by the witch broom. OYA was created born before the Irunmoles on the left step foot on Oro. (EARTH). The broom is a offering to Oya. Once a person is granted their petition of a new path and their old one cleared completely. The individual who requested the petition, offers in gratitude a small straw broom as a offering and thanks.
Oya is not a Water Oricha
Oya is not the elder sister to Yemaya and Oshun, in fact she is the daughter of Oro.
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Oya is the Tornado
Oya is the Hurricane
Oya is the Cyclone
Oya is the Typhoon
Oya is a water spout
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Oya's Birth
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Oya, the fierce Orisha that we know her to be, was actually born as an element: wind. Her birth was a direct result of Oddua walking the earth observing the new planet (Oro- Mother Earth). As Oddua walked, Oya appeared showing her full on strength as wind. She whisked around as she was pleased with her force and displaying her ability to create winds of up to 360 miles per hour. Odduah was amazed with this new Orisha- Oya and began to walk faster and the faster he walked, the more powerful she became. As her strength increased, he noticed that Oya was able to duplicate herself. He began to slow his pace and noticed that her strength then decreased to a gentle breeze. Oya moved around freely...so freely that she knocked Oddua off of his path of observation, indirectly creating the equator, longitude and latitude lines on Oro.
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Oddua, observing Oya's presence and afraid that she may get out of control with her strong winds, asked her mother, Oro to please help contain Oya's wind. Oro obliged by speaking to her 2 children (atmosphere and ozone layer) to keep her within their boundaries so that she did not cause destruction in the heavens. The 2 children agreed and as a result, there is no wind in space.
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Oya takes after her mother, Oro which is why she is able to create full on destruction. Unlike her mother, she does not hold on to grudges or anger much because she has such short term memory though if reminded, she will continue on with her destruction like no other!
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Important Information to know
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Number: Oya's number is 9 and its multiples
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Color: Maroon/Purple
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Day: Wednesday
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Feast Day: February 2nd
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Element: wind
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Oya's tools.
Her receptacle (Sopero) in an earthen vessel with a lid or a tureen of brown or various colors. Oya Normally lives on dry land. Mostly at the market. She is the owner of the market. but she is known to hang around Oshun. Around the river water and for this her sopero can be sprinkled with a little river water. Her attributes are 9 adanes (handles) of copper, flamboyant sheaths, Irukes (horse's tail), a hand of snails, tools of work and war, swords, shields, lightning swords, crown, handkerchiefs of 9 different colors except black, guataca, peaks, arrow, ray, scythe, stick, hoe, rake, ax, saber, etc.
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OYA'S Guide or warrior (elekes or collares) are of 1 brown account with black and white stripes for every 9 browns, in some Ifa or Ocha houses they are made of lilac beads with yellow stripes or alternating 9 white and 9 black beads.
Offerings to Oya.
She is presented with colored fruits, mainly eggplant, sweet potato, Indian plantain, buns of beans, white rice with eggplant, corojo butter, grapes, cocoa butter, toasted corn, coconut, etc. He is immolated goats, chickens, guineas, pigeons. Her ewe are flamboyán, caimitillo, pump fruit, yucca, pomegranate, marigold, thousand flowers, geranium, purple coralillo, pacific sea, cucumber cucumber, verbena, cemetery flower, dead scarecrow, change voice, plantain, shameful, mugwort, cordovan, camphor, curujey, croto, cherimoya, mongoose. When offering for a petition it is best to take offerings to the trash or dumpster of a market place. This petition offering is for big petitions and quick turn around time.
Objects of power of Oya.
A tool made with black mane of horsetail, called Iruke.
Nine copper bracelets.
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Oya Eruke (Cola de Caballo Oya grande)
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Oya's costumes.
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Oya wears a dress wine and a skirt with 9 stripes of different colors. She can also dress in a dry fiber dress from the top of the royal palm, called yagua. Nine-colored ribbons cover his head.
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Dances of Oya.
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When Oya dances, her iruke wiggles to clear the bad air influences. Her dance is very frenetic and very fast. It's delirious, a bacchanal. Sometimes she charges with a burning torch in her right hand, making fiery circles as she turns to the left.
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Characteristics of the Omo Oya.
They are reserved people, of calm character like a breeze but when they get angry they are a tempest. They are like the wind, they do not like to be locked in one place, they tire easily with the everyday and monotonous behavior. They are extremely faithful in most cases, but in others are given to extra conjugal adventures if not with the correct spiritual partner. In all cases they are very jealous. These characteristics are one of many. These characteristics do not mean you are a certain Oricha. Remember Orichas choose you for certain unique qualities not because you share same characteristics. Orichas are official in the Kariocha. Ashe...
