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Ọya (Ọya-Ìyáńsàn-án) was the goddess of the weather who could call forth lightning, storms, tornadoes and earthquakes in Nigerian mythology and the Yoruba religion of West Africa. She was also associated with funerals, with part of her duty being to carry souls to the afterlife. This included her being guardian of graveyards and the goddess in charge of cemeteries to which people of the Yoruba religion would seek favours from her. Because of this, she is called the ‘Great Mother of Witches’ or ‘The Elders of the Night.’ Ọya also had psychic abilities, she could perceive things beyond this world and call forth the dead for discussions. She could even hold them back if she felt they had unfinished business on earth. Once angered though, she could destroy villages and communities with floods and any other natural disaster she deemed fit. She was fierce because she hated lies and injustice and would not refrain from pouring her wrath on those who dare her. The Niger River Odo-Oya is named after because she is the patron.

(Iris van Herpen Spring 2020 Haute Couture Collection)

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Fashion: Iris Van Herpen
Dance: Jingjing Mao (Dutch National Ballet)
Movement direction: Juanjo Arqués
BIOMIMICRY (2020) dir. Ryan McDaniels

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