In
Yoruba mythology,
Oba was a
river-
goddess (
Orisha), and one of the wives of
Shango. She offered Shango her
ear to eat, and he scorned her. Grieving, she became the
Oba river[?] which intersects with the
Oschun river[?] (Oschun was another wife of Shango) at turbulent rapids, a symbol of the rivalry between the two wives.