Oya was split into 9 different parts and earned the name Iansã.Ogun was split into 7 different parts and earned the name Ogun Mejê.Right after the victory, he approached Oya and touched her with her own wand. Ogun and Shango fought and Ogun won the battle. Ogun was furious and looked for the couple everywhere he could until he finally found them. To make the story short, one day Oya abandoned Ogun and married Shango. Ogun forged a magic wand capable of splitting men into seven different parts and women into nine different parts. In another popular story, Oya and Ogun were married.
An alternative version of how she became Iansã Iansã is also her name, but it indicates she had 9 children. This animal became a symbol of respect for her as it was an ingredient of the ebó that helped her to get pregnant for the first time. And, also because of this, she and her children – both these 9 ones and all the spiritual ones – are forbidden to eat lamb meat. Not only once, but nine times actually! Yes, she had 9 children! Because of this, she earned the name “Iansã”, which means “mother of 9 children”.
She did as she was told and in no time she was able to get pregnant. So she decided to seek advice from a Babalawo (a man capable of divination aided by the Orishas) and she was told to make an ebó (food offering) made of lamb, búzios (the shells used for divination too), and colorful clothes. It all begins when Oya wanted to have a baby but for some reason, she wasn’t able to bear one. Iansã can be considered a kind of “title” she earned. There’s so much confusion about whether she’s called Oya or Iansã. I’d like to start writing about Oya Orisha this way.
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