Damballa

One of the most important of all the loa
Thing mythological_serpent Q1158297
Damballa
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Damballa

Summary

Damballa is a mythological serpent[1]. Damballa has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Damballa's religion is recorded as Candomblé[3].
  • Damballa's religion is recorded as West African vodun[4].
  • Damballa is recorded as male[5].
  • Damballa's instance of is recorded as mythological serpent[6].
  • Damballa's instance of is recorded as Loa[7].
  • Damballa's worshipped by is recorded as Voodoo Church[8].
  • Damballa's name in native language is recorded as {'lang': 'ht', 'text': 'Danbala'}[9].
  • Damballa's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject African diaspora[10].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include mythological serpent[6] and Loa[7].

Why It Matters

Damballa has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] Damballa is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

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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. 3d ago · Jerimee · 2026-08-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Unmarried partner Q1359465
    Partially coincident with Q1930712
    Worshipped by Voodoo Church
    Has characteristic ['Q3512027', 'Q635155']
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1382]]: [[Q1930712]]"
  2. 10d ago · Kássio Santiago · 2026-08-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sex or gender male
    Religion or worldview Candomblé, West African vodun
    Worshipped by Voodoo Church
    Spouse Q1930712
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P26]]: [[Q1930712]]"
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