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Oya

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Oya

Summary

Oya is a water deity[1]. She draws 798 Wikipedia views per month (water_deity category, ranking #32 of 165).[2]

Key Facts

  • Oya was married to Ogun[3].
  • Oya's religion is recorded as Candomblé[4].
  • Oya is recorded as female[5].
  • Oya's instance of is recorded as water deity[6].
  • Oya's instance of is recorded as orisha[7].
  • Oya's Commons category is recorded as Oyá[8].
  • Oya's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Oyá[9].
  • Oya's worshipped by is recorded as Santería[10].
  • Oya's worshipped by is recorded as Yoruba religion[11].

Body

Personal Life

Oya was married to Ogun[3]. Her religion is recorded as Candomblé[4].

Why It Matters

Oya draws 798 Wikipedia views per month (water_deity category, ranking #32 of 165).[2] She has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] She is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

FAQs

Who was Oya married to?

Oya's spouses include Ogun[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_oya_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Oya}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/oya}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 3d ago · Christian Pirkl · 2026-06-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sex or gender → female
    Aliases → —
    Instance of → —
    Worshipped by → Santería, Yoruba religion
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q1916821]]"
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