In Yoruba tradition, Egungun-oya is a deity of divination. "Egungun" refers to the collective spirits of the ancestral dead; the Orisha Oya is seen as the mother of the Egungun.
Egungun-oya
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In Yoruba tradition, Egungun-oya is a deity of divination. "Egungun" refers to the collective spirits of the ancestral dead; the Orisha Oya is seen as the mother of the Egungun.