Source: WTL digitized@ images from Wilfredo Lam; Imagining New Worlds. Ed. Elizabeth T. Goizueta. Boston: McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, 2014, 121.
Image: "Oya [Divinité de la'air et de la mort, Idolos]" (1944). Oil on canvas. María Graciela and Luis Alfonso Oberto Collection.
Comments: Thalia Took, a contemporary artist who focuses on goddesses says this about Oya: "Oya is the powerful Yorùbá Orisha of the winds and tempests. She is considered either the sister of the Orisha of storms Shango, or one of His three wives, with Oshun and Oba. She can manifest as winds ranging from the gentlest breeze to the raging hurricane or cyclone. She goes forth with Her husband during His thunderstorms, destroying buildings, ripping up trees, and blowing things down. Oya is known as a fierce warrior and strong protectress of women, who call on Her to settle disputes in their favor" (http://www.thaliatook.com/AMGG/oya.php).
Humanities Question: What do you see in this painting that illustrates what Thalia Took says about the Yoruba/Santería Orisha Oya that Lam is depicting?