Babalú-Ayé

spirit strongly associated with infectious disease and healing in the Yoruba religion
Person god Q782478
Babalú-Ayé
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Babalú-Ayé

Summary

Babalú-Ayé is a god[1]. He draws 175 Wikipedia views per month (god category, ranking #38 of 149).[2]

Key Facts

  • Babalú-Ayé's religion is recorded as Candomblé[3].
  • Babalú-Ayé's religion is recorded as Umbanda[4].
  • Babalú-Ayé's religion is recorded as Santería[5].
  • Babalú-Ayé's image is recorded as Omolu.jpg[6].
  • Babalú-Ayé is recorded as male[7].
  • Babalú-Ayé's instance of is recorded as god[8].
  • Babalú-Ayé's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 313298630[9].
  • Babalú-Ayé's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no2015002060[10].
  • Babalú-Ayé's Commons category is recorded as Obaluaiyê[11].
  • Babalú-Ayé's said to be the same as is recorded as Shakpana[12].
  • Babalú-Ayé's said to be the same as is recorded as Sopona[13].
  • Babalú-Ayé's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0dntcm[14].
  • Babalú-Ayé's indigenous to is recorded as Yoruba people[15].
  • Babalú-Ayé's WorldCat Entities ID is recorded as E39PCjxb4VPcJvfKb8VwvyxvBK[16].

Body

Personal Life

Religious affiliations include Candomblé[3], a religion[17]; Umbanda[4], a religion[18]; and Santería[5].

Why It Matters

Babalú-Ayé draws 175 Wikipedia views per month (god category, ranking #38 of 149).[2] He has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] He is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [17] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [18] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Babalú-Ayé. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/babal-ay
MLA “Babalú-Ayé.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/babal-ay.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_babal-ay_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Babalú-Ayé}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/babal-ay}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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