The goddess Oya, Orisha Oya, of African origin, manifests herself in various natural forms: wind, which can be playful and refreshing, but especially strong wind, escalating into tornadoes; fire both generative and all-enveloping, but especially quick, nervy, directional lightning; the river Niger, especially that part of it that runs around the island of Jebba, Oya island in Nupe, a place of transit on the way out of the Yoruba world, this world, and on to the next.