Oya's Flywhisk Version Oya's Flywhisk or Iruke

Oya/Yansa/Iansa
Mother of Nine: ruler of the whirlwind, the Hurricane, the lightning, the tornado. Symbol of chaos and change,the force which sweeps away the old to make room for the new. Ruler of the Marketplace and of commerce. Sorceress and guardian of the cemetery gates. She carries a machete and a black flywhisk (iruke) and fights alongside Chango.

As guardian of the cemetery gates she helps souls transition to the afterlife. She is a goddess of death, rebirth, and reincarnation. Her clothes are of all colors but black, she wears 9 bracelets of copper, favors eggplant. Cognate with our Lady of la Candelaria, St. Theresa, Maman Brigitte, Kali, Hela, Persephone,& St. Brigid of Kildare,