babalawo
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A babalawo is a highly trained priest and diviner in the Yoruba Ifá religious tradition, responsible for interpreting the oracle and guiding followers through ritual and spiritual counsel.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| babalawo canonical | 3 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ifá priest
ⓘ
Yoruba priest ⓘ diviner ⓘ religious role ⓘ |
| associatedDeity |
Orunmila
ⓘ
Elegguá ⓘ
surface form:
Èṣù (Eshu)
|
| conducts |
cleansing rituals
ⓘ
initiation rituals ⓘ sacrifice rituals ⓘ |
| consultedFor |
business decisions
ⓘ
health issues ⓘ marriage decisions ⓘ protection and destiny matters ⓘ |
| cosmologyKnowledge | Yoruba cosmology ⓘ |
| divinationMethod | casting and interpreting patterns of odu ⓘ |
| ethnicContext | Yoruba people ⓘ |
| genderTradition | primarily male role ⓘ |
| geographicOrigin |
Western Nigeria
ⓘ
surface form:
Southwestern Nigeria
Western Nigeria ⓘ
surface form:
Yorubaland
|
| hasFemaleCounterpart | iyanifa ⓘ |
| interprets |
Ifa
ⓘ
surface form:
Ifá oracle
|
| languageOfPractice | Yoruba ⓘ |
| moralCode | Ifá ethical teachings ⓘ |
| performs | Ifá divination ⓘ |
| presentInDiasporaTraditions |
Afro‑Brazilian religions
ⓘ
Candomblé ⓘ
surface form:
Candomblé (some lineages)
Santería ⓘ
surface form:
Cuban Santería / Regla de Ocha
|
| primaryFunction |
divination
ⓘ
ritual leadership ⓘ spiritual guidance ⓘ |
| provides |
healing rituals
ⓘ
moral guidance ⓘ protective rituals ⓘ spiritual counseling ⓘ |
| religiousText | Odu Ifá corpus ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Ifa
ⓘ
surface form:
Ifá
Yoruba religion ⓘ |
| requiresInitiation | yes ⓘ |
| requiresTraining |
long apprenticeship
ⓘ
memorization of Odu Ifá verses ⓘ ritual discipline ⓘ |
| roleInCommunity |
advisor on personal problems
ⓘ
custodian of sacred knowledge ⓘ mediator between humans and deities ⓘ |
| status | respected religious authority ⓘ |
| transmissionOfKnowledge | oral tradition ⓘ |
| usesDivinationInstruments |
ikin (palm nuts)
ⓘ
opelé (divination chain) ⓘ |
| usesDivinationSystem |
Ifa
ⓘ
surface form:
Odu Ifá
|
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.