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Автор: Jesse Russell
Год: 2013
Издание:
Книга по Требованию
Страниц: 104
ISBN: 9785508118136
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! In the religious system of Orisha worship, Babalu-Aye is the praise name of the spirit of the Earth and strongly associated with infectious disease, and healing. He is an Orisha, representing the deity Olorun on Earth. The name Babalu-Aye translates as “Father, lord of the Earth” and points to the authority this orisha exercises on all things earthly, including the body, wealth, and physical possessions. In West Africa, he was strongly associated with epidemics of smallpox, but in the contemporary Americas, he is more commonly thought of as the patron of leprosy, influenza, and AIDS. Although strongly associated with illness and disease, Babalu-Aye is also the deity that cures these ailments. Both feared and loved, Babalu-Aye is sometimes referred to as the “Wrath of the supreme god” because he punishes people for their transgressions. People hold Babalu-Aye in great respect and avoid calling his actual name, because they do not wish to...
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