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THEA ZIRYNTHIA: THE LADY OF THE ROCKS OF SAMOTHRACE
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5000 year old Callinish Stones on the Isle of Lewis.


The Calanais Standing Stones are an extraordinary cross-shaped setting of stones erected 5,000 years ago. They predate England's famous Stonehenge monument, and were an important place for ritual activity for at least 2,000 years
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Ọya (Yorùbá: Ọya, also known as Oyá or Oiá; Yàńsàn-án or Yansã; and Iansá or Iansã in Latin America) is an orisha of winds, lightning, and violent storms, death, and rebirth. She is similar to the Haitian lwa Maman Brigitte who is syncretized with the Catholic Saint Brigit
Oya is actually the opposite of death; she is symbolic of the air that humans breathe, and she can perpetuate life or death with her wrath (i.e., hurricanes, tornadoes). Practitioners of the religion believe she is Olofi's (Oludumare: God in the Yoruba tradition) secretary, informing him of all Earthly events.
Oya is popularly known as the goddess of weather. She can call forth lightning, storms, tornadoes and earthquakes. Whatever weather conditions she feels like bringing about, she does. Oya is also associated with funerals, part of her duty is to carry the souls of the dead to the afterlife
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