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

manifested by
Pata en Llaga
child of
Yemoja, Nana Burukú
sibling of
Shango
consort of
Nana Buluku
allied with
Osain, ijimere

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Sources

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