On Meeting Amatera-Su (and Oya, too): The Warrior Path for the Non-Practitioner
Issue: Vol 13 No. 8 (2011) Issue Number 8, May 1999
Journal: Pomegranate: The International Journal of Pagan Studies
Subject Areas: Religious Studies
Abstract:
… even the guy who cuts my hair got into the act. He’s from Brazil. Candomblé practitioner. Told me that according to Ife tradition, the goddess who watches over me is Oya, the Yoruba warrior goddess. He said he could tell by the condition of my hair that I was preparing for battle. Haircut divination
Author: Mira Zussman