Orisha Oya 12" Statue bone playing a crucial role in

playing a crucial role in Mexican folk traditions

specifically against black magic or curses

and divine blessings

Wing membrane is blackish brown

Black is a common color used to invoke and protect against harm in various spiritual traditions

Orisha Oya 12" Statue bone playing a crucial role inOy (also Oll, Yansa or Yansn) is a fierce and powerful female warrior orisha in Santeria. She is the owner of the marketplace, and keeps the gates of the cemetery. She is the force of change in nature and in life. She wields lightning and rides the winds into battle, often fighting with her machetes side by side with her favorite lover, Chang. Oy raises the armies of the dead as her soldiers and is said to use the tornado as her weapon. Oys ach is