Oya's Sopera & mesa (table) Version Oya's Sopera & mesa (table)

Oya/Yansa/Iansa
Mother of Nine: ruler of the whirlwind, the Hurricane, the lightning. Symbol of chaos and change. Ruler of the Marketplace and of commerce. Sorceress and guardian of the cemetery gates. She carries a machete and a flywhisk (iruke). She wears 7 colors and her number is 9. She is partial to eggplant and copper bracelets. Cognate with our Lady of la Candelaria St. Theresa, & Maman Brigitte.
Cognate with Mama Brigitte, Kali, Hela, Persephone, St. Brigid of Kildare and Our lady of the Candelaria. Ruler of the winds, the hurricane, tornados, lightning, and the forces of chaos She is the spirit of change or transition that sweeps away the old to bring the new. As guardian of the cemetery gates she helps souls tradition into the afterlife. She is a goddess of death, rebirth, and reincarnation. She also rules the marketplace and commerce. Her clothes are of all colors but black, she wears 9 bracelets of copper, favors eggplant. Her number is 9; she carries a black flywhisk and a machete and fights alongside Chango.