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Obatala

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Obatala

Summary

Obatala is an orisha[1]. He draws 213 Wikipedia views per month (orisha category, ranking #4 of 6).[2]

Key Facts

  • Obatala's image is recorded as Oxalá.jpg[3].
  • Obatala is recorded as male[4].
  • Obatala's instance of is recorded as orisha[5].
  • Obatala's instance of is recorded as deity[6].
  • Obatala's instance of is recorded as Irunmọlẹ[7].
  • Obatala's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0pck9[8].
  • Obatala's worshipped by is recorded as Ifá[9].
  • Obatala's worshipped by is recorded as Santería[10].
  • Obatala's worshipped by is recorded as Candomblé[11].
  • Obatala's worshipped by is recorded as Yoruba religion[12].
  • Obatala's Quora topic ID is recorded as Obatala[13].
  • Obatala's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject African diaspora[14].

Why It Matters

Obatala draws 213 Wikipedia views per month (orisha category, ranking #4 of 6).[2] He has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] He is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_obatala_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Obatala}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/obatala}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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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. 19d ago · GeertivpBot bot · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sex or gender → male
    Instance of → —
    Instance of → orisha, deity, Irunmọlẹ
    On focus list of wikimedia project → WikiProject African diaspora
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P800]]: [[Q2]], #pwb Copy label Add relevant werk (P800)"
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