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Babalú-Ayé

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

Summary

Babalú-Ayé is a god[1]. He draws 526 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 is recorded as male[6].
  • Babalú-Ayé's instance of is recorded as god[7].
  • Babalú-Ayé's Commons category is recorded as Obaluaiyê[8].
  • Babalú-Ayé's said to be the same as is recorded as Shakpana[9].
  • Babalú-Ayé's said to be the same as is recorded as Sopona[10].
  • Babalú-Ayé's indigenous to is recorded as Yoruba people[11].

Body

Personal Life

Religious affiliations include Candomblé[3], a religion[12]; Umbanda[4], a religion[13]; and Santería[5].

Why It Matters

Babalú-Ayé draws 526 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.[14] He is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [12] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [13] ↑ . 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. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7d ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sex or gender → male
    Religion or worldview → Candomblé, Umbanda, Santería
    Instance of → —
    Indigenous to → Yoruba people
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14750]]: B328-447A-4322-685F-59F1, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/265669|batch #265669]]"
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