Omolu
deity earth Candomblé corroborated · 5
An orixá associated with sickness and healing.
↻ synthesized from 5 sources
When
- First attested
- 0 CE
- Attested period
- 0 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Umbanda originated at the start of the 20th century in Brazil.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Oxalá, Oxum, Ogum, Tempo, Babalú-Ayé, Ọbaluaye, Exu, Orishas, Baron Samedi, Gede
- syncretized with
- Saint Lazarus the leper, Ṣọ̀pọ̀na
Mentioned by
Sources
internet (1)
wikipedia (4)
Source passages
“Omolu, an orixa of sickness, is often equated with Saint Lazarus the leper.”
#282 · extracted by claude-sonnet-4-6
“In the African-South American religion Umbanda originated at the start of the XX century in Brazil, the orixá Omolu personifies sickness and death as well as healing.”
#14487 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“The name "Ṣapona" (alt. Shapona, Saponna, etc.) is considered a secret and taboo name, not to be spoken aloud in respect for the power of the Lord of Infectious Disease. For this reason, the deity has a number of other names and titles which have been in use since the pre-modern period, such as Omolu.”
#21085 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001