"Oya" means she tore. She also goes by the name Ọya-Ìyáńsàn-án meaning the mother of nine. Oya was barren and could only have stillborns. She gave birth to nine children but they all came out dead.

There is no doubt that encouraging the cultural heritage is an incentive for investment in cultural tourism. Little wonder, advocates of the Yoruba cultural heritage and other cultural aficionados ...

Storms, death rebirth and the afterlife. This Goddess is considered as one of the most iconic deities from Yaruba mythology and is clearly an inspiration for the character Storm from the X-Men, we’re ...

Click to open image viewer. This painting, named Oya’s Betrayal, interweaves the representation of Yoruba tales in a Renaissance style, drawing parallels to the Greek/Roman mythology story of Vulcan ...