Damballa

One of the most important of all the loa
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Damballa
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Damballa

Summary

Damballa is a mythological serpent[1]. Damballa draws 364 Wikipedia views per month (mythological_serpent category, ranking #23 of 74).[2]

Key Facts

  • Damballa's religion is recorded as Candomblé[3].
  • Damballa's religion is recorded as West African vodun[4].
  • Damballa's image is recorded as Damballah La Flambeau.jpg[5].
  • Damballa is recorded as male[6].
  • Damballa's instance of is recorded as mythological serpent[7].
  • Damballa's instance of is recorded as Loa[8].
  • Damballa's coat of arms image is recorded as VeveDamballah.svg[9].
  • Damballa's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0mgyt[10].
  • Damballa's worshipped by is recorded as Voodoo Church[11].
  • Damballa's name in native language is recorded as {'lang': 'ht', 'text': 'Danbala'}[12].
  • Damballa's Quora topic ID is recorded as Damballa[13].
  • Damballa's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject African diaspora[14].

Body

Personal Life

Religious affiliations include Candomblé[3], a religion[15] and West African vodun[4].

Why It Matters

Damballa draws 364 Wikipedia views per month (mythological_serpent category, ranking #23 of 74).[2] Damballa has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] Damballa is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [15] . 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. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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