Babalú-Ayé
deity earth Yoruba single tradition · 4
Babalú-Ayé is an orisha of the Earth, healing and disease.
↻ synthesized from 4 sources
When
- First attested
- 0 CE
- Attested period
- 0 – 2020
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Asojano, Ọsanyin, Oshosi, Ọbaluaye, Oshun, Obá, Oko, Xɛvioso, Mawu-Lisa, Erinlè̩, Aja, Ayé, Oyá, Iku, Eṣu, Ala, Ogbunabali, Yewa, Omolu
- syncretized with
- Lazarus of Bethany, Ṣọ̀pọ̀na
- manifested by
- Pata en Llaga
- child of
- Yemoja, Nana Burukú
- sibling of
- Shango
- consort of
- Nana Buluku
Mentioned by
and 6 more
Sources
wikipedia (4)
Source passages
“Babalú-Ayé, orisha of the Earth, healing and disease”
#7702 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Babalú-Ayé, oriṣa of disease and mortality. (Yoruba religion)”
#12203 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“He is seen as a vengeful aspect of the Yoruba deity Ọbaluaye and has become known as Babalú-Ayé, among many other names, in the Orisha-based religions that developed in the Americas.”
#21084 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The narratives and rituals that carry important cultural information about Babalú-Ayé include various recurring and interrelated themes. Earth: Babalú-Ayé’s worship is frequently linked to the Earth itself, and even his name identifies him with the Earth itself.”
#25101 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001