Babalú-Ayé
Babalú-Ayé is an Orisha strongly associated with infectious disease and healing. The name Babalú-Ayé translates as “Father, lord of the Earth” and points to the authority this orisha exercises on all things earthly, including the body, wealth, and physical possessions. In West Africa, he was strongly associated with epidemics of smallpox, leprosy, influenza, ebola, and HIV/AIDS. Although strongly associated with illness and disease, Babalú-Ayé is also the spirit that cures these ailments. Both feared and loved, Babalú-Ayé is sometimes referred to as the “Wrath of the supreme god” because he punishes people for their transgressions. People hold Babalú-Ayé in great respect and avoid calling his actual name, because they do not wish to invoke epidemics.
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Babalú-Ayé
Babalú-Ayé is an Orisha strongly associated with infectious disease and healing. The name Babalú-Ayé translates as “Father, lord of the Earth” and points to the authority this orisha exercises on all things earthly, including the body, wealth, and physical possessions. In West Africa, he was strongly associated with epidemics of smallpox, leprosy, influenza, ebola, and HIV/AIDS. Although strongly associated with illness and disease, Babalú-Ayé is also the spirit that cures these ailments. Both feared and loved, Babalú-Ayé is sometimes referred to as the “Wrath of the supreme god” because he punishes people for their transgressions. People hold Babalú-Ayé in great respect and avoid calling his actual name, because they do not wish to invoke epidemics.
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Babalu Aye (ou Babalú Ayé), ap ...... ils de Iemanja, l'orisha-mère.
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Babalu Aye – w tradycyjnej rel ...... ez najwyższego boga Olodumare.
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Babalú Ayé (noto anche con il ...... il figlio di Yemaja e Orungan.
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Babalú Ayé / Obalúayé-Omolu-Şà ...... r von Euá, Ossaim und Oxumarê.
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Babalú ayé es una de las deida ...... neral de las pestes y miseria.
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Babalú-Ayé is an Orisha strong ...... lly takes grains as offerings.
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Obaluaiyê, Obaluwaye Omolu ou ...... licamente ao mundo dos mortos.
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Babalu Aye (ou Babalú Ayé), ap ...... ils de Iemanja, l'orisha-mère.
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Babalu Aye – w tradycyjnej rel ...... ez najwyższego boga Olodumare.
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Babalú Ayé (noto anche con il ...... il figlio di Yemaja e Orungan.
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Babalú Ayé / Obalúayé-Omolu-Şà ...... fähig sind, glücklich zu sein.
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Babalú ayé es una de las deida ...... neral de las pestes y miseria.
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Babalú-Ayé is an Orisha strong ...... not wish to invoke epidemics.
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Obaluaiyê, Obaluwaye Omolu ou ...... licamente ao mundo dos mortos.
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Babalu Aye
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Babalu Aye
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Babalú Ayé
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Babalú Ayé
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Babalú Ayé
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Babalú-Ayé
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Obaluaiyê
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