Oya
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Well, I did not do as much as I wanted for Oya this month. Since Oya is from an entire different system, and I know so little about Yoruba or Voodoo tradition, I was intending to seek out an elder to interview about it. I obviously didn’t get to that. I’ll either do that the
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Oya is the West African Yoruba Orisha of winds, storms, fire, and transformation. She is also believed to be the Goddess of the Niger River in Africa, and the Amazon River in Brazil, where the worship of the Orishas was transplanted to the Americas along with the slave trade. Several of the sites I looked
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Ebony skin glistens Stretched taut over hard muscle An arm raises above a dreadlocked head Sunlight glints across the razor-sharp machete edge Thick lips pull back in a sharp grin Just as razor-sharp as the weapon A bloodcurdling cry bursts forth from deep in the throat As the machete drops with deadly accuracy. Eyes black as
Temple of Athena the Savior 