Egungun-oya explained

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.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Book: Babatunde . Abosede Omowumi . The Palgrave Handbook of Africa and the Changing Global Order . 2022 . Springer International Publishing . 978-3-030-77481-3 . 969–986 . 16 February 2024 . en . Reimaging Women Ritual Space: Gender and Power Dynamics in African Religion.